Background Rapid triage of patients presenting with chest pain is essential for early diagnosis and safe disposition. The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 0/1-hour hs-cTn algorithm has shown ...

When buildings, land, apparatus, equipment and other assets are included as part of EMS departments, the agencies are multimillion-dollar organizations. Thus, they are businesses, and they must be ...

MACHINE learning models can accurately predict which patients with painful knee osteoarthritis will benefit from short-term NSAID plus paracetamol therapy, according to new research. The findings ...

Background: To address the limitation in gait assessment for patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) and after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), where it is difficult to simultaneously quantify joint ...

Sometimes, a study on one topic can reveal important issues in another. Case in point: A recent Lancet study explored what a person’s life was like before they developed chronic pain — the diseases ...

An observational pain assessment using facial expressions is a reliable method for predicting self-reported pain intensity in patients shortly after surgery, especially when their ability to ...

Individuals with CF with a sea-level SpO2 greater than 95% and an SpO2 during exercise of at least 84% can travel by air without oxygen or further assessment. Adults with cystic fibrosis (CF) planning ...

Sagittal T2-weighted MRI highlighting lumbar intervertebral discs and spinal canal, used in grading disc degeneration / Source:Wikimedia Commons and Nevit Dilmen For millions of chronic low back pain ...

The Critical Care Pain Observation Tool was strongly correlated to established pediatric pain scales and found to be valid and reliable for pain assessment in pediatric patients who are critically ill ...

Abstract: Pain assessment is crucial in medicine, as it indicates patient health and guides diagnosis and treatment. Traditional methods have significant limitations, especially for children, ...