Acute pain management – Foreword I prefaced the first edition of the South African acute pain guidelines by stating that “acute pain management is not a luxury, it is a human right!” Six years have passed and the statement is
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The Neuromodulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee (NACC) of the International Neuromodulation Society (INS) evaluated evidence regarding the safety and efficacy of neurostimulation to treat chronic pain, chronic critical limb ischemia, and refractory angina and recommended appropriate clinical applications. Read more:
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a form of therapy with a supportive evidence base, and has been used for the treatment of pain since 1967. It is strategically aimed at reducing the unpleasant sensory experience of pain and the consequent
This guideline updates a previous version: Practice guidelines for chronic pain management. A report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Pain Management, Chronic Pain Section. Anesthesiology 1997 Apr;86(4):995-1004. Read More
M Raff, 1 BSc, MB ChB, FCA (SA); J Crosier, 1 MB ChB, ChM, FRCS, FCS (SA); S Eppel, 1 MB ChB, FRCS (Edin), ABU (USA); H Meyer, 2 MB ChB, MPraxMed, MFGP (SA), FCFP (SA); B Sarembock, 1,3 MB ChB, FCP (SA), RHEUM (SA);
The international drug control regime is based on three international conventions: the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol, the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971 and the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic
Neuropathic pain (NeuP) is defined as pain that arises as a ‘direct consequence of a lesion or disease affecting the somatosensory system’. 1 Importantly, NeuP differs from nociceptive pain in respect of causes, mechanisms, symptomatology and different therapeutic approaches required
Aim: To facilitate the uptake of evidence and to reduce the evidence practice gap for management of newborn pain through the development of a clinical practice guideline. Method: An audit of practice and an appraisal of clinical practice guidelines were
Reports published by the International Narcotics Control Board in 2010 The Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2010 (E/INCB/2010/1) is supplemented by the following reports: Report of the International Narcotics Control Board on the Availability of Internationally
