Do pain scales truly improve acute pain management in the ED? These results lead to a serious question regarding the true meaning of pain scores: "which scores on a single-item pain scale signify ...

Those with migraine had had pain for at least 12 months and the acute pain group had undergone orthopedic surgery within the past 24 hours. Pain intensity was measured with numeric and verbal rating ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Markman and colleagues asked 537 patients (median age, 62.2 years; 61.6% women) if their pain was tolerable.

Numerical rating scale pain scores accurately measure pain intensity in relation to perceived need for medicine, pain relief and pain satisfaction in children, according to a study published in ...

If you're in the hospital or a doctor's office with a painful problem, you'll likely be asked to rate your pain on a scale of 0 to 10 – with 0 meaning no pain at all and 10 indicating the worst pain ...

We use the numeric pain scale in our skilled care facility, but many of our residents can’t communicate well. Is there another suggestion? Patients/residents over 65 are the fastest growing age group ...

(Reuters Health) - Asking patients in the emergency room to rate their pain on a visual scale or to rank it from zero to 10 doesn’t really convey what the patient is feeling, suggests a study from ...

The first new kind of pain medication in over two decades could be on the horizon for patients, with promising results announced Tuesday from a company trial. For now, the drug from Vertex ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced results from its Phase 2 study of suzetrigine, an investigational, oral, highly selective NaV1.8 pain signal ...

If you're in the hospital or a doctor's office with a painful problem, you'll likely be asked to rate your pain on a scale of 0 to 10 – with 0 meaning no pain at all and 10 indicating the worst pain ...