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Long-Term Outcomes in the Management of Central Neuropathic Pain Syndromes: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study
- Michael D. Staudt, Alexander John Clark, Allan S. Gordon, Mary E. Lynch, Pat K. Morley-Forster, Howard Nathan, Catherine Smyth, Larry W. Stitt, Cory Toth, Mark A. Ware, Dwight E. Moulin
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- Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Volume 45 / Issue 5 / September 2018
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- 12 July 2018, pp. 545-552
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Background: Central neuropathic pain syndromes are a result of central nervous system injury, most commonly related to stroke, traumatic spinal cord injury, or multiple sclerosis. These syndromes are distinctly less common than peripheral neuropathic pain, and less is known regarding the underlying pathophysiology, appropriate pharmacotherapy, and long-term outcomes. The objective of this study was to determine the long-term clinical effectiveness of the management of central neuropathic pain relative to peripheral neuropathic pain at tertiary pain centers. Methods: Patients diagnosed with central (n=79) and peripheral (n=710) neuropathic pain were identified for analysis from a prospective observational cohort study of patients with chronic neuropathic pain recruited from seven Canadian tertiary pain centers. Data regarding patient characteristics, analgesic use, and patient-reported outcomes were collected at baseline and 12-month follow-up. The primary outcome measure was the composite of a reduction in average pain intensity and pain interference. Secondary outcome measures included assessments of function, mood, quality of life, catastrophizing, and patient satisfaction. Results: At 12-month follow-up, 13.5% (95% confidence interval [CI], 5.6-25.8) of patients with central neuropathic pain and complete data sets (n=52) achieved a ≥30% reduction in pain, whereas 38.5% (95% CI, 25.3-53.0) achieved a reduction of at least 1 point on the Pain Interference Scale. The proportion of patients with central neuropathic pain achieving both these measures, and thus the primary outcome, was 9.6% (95% CI, 3.2-21.0). Patients with peripheral neuropathic pain and complete data sets (n=463) were more likely to achieve this primary outcome at 12 months (25.3% of patients; 95% CI, 21.4-29.5) (p=0.012). Conclusion: Patients with central neuropathic pain syndromes managed in tertiary care centers were less likely to achieve a meaningful improvement in pain and function compared with patients with peripheral neuropathic pain at 12-month follow-up.
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- Elizabeth Forster, Griffith University, Queensland, Jennifer Fraser, University of Sydney
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8 - Pain assessment and management
- Elizabeth Forster, Griffith University, Queensland, Jennifer Fraser, University of Sydney
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Chapter 8 - Pain assessment and management
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- By Elizabeth Forster, Griffith University, Queensland, Catherine Kotzur, Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in Brisbane, Queensland
- Elizabeth Forster, Griffith University, Queensland, Jennifer Fraser, University of Sydney
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Introduction
Infants, children and young people experiencing acute and chronic illness unfortunately may experience pain as a consequence of the pathophysiology of their illness. Despite efforts to minimise physical and psychological harm, they may also experience pain due to the investigations and treatments they face. As nurses caring for paediatric patients, preventing, assessing and managing pain are clinical priorities, and this chapter will assist you to develop your skills in this important area of practice.
The consequences of poorly managed pain are significant for the child, family and healthcare agency. Physical and psychological consequences for children who experience pain may include fear, anxiety, the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), an increased infection risk and wound-healing complications (Hovde et al., 2012). A variety of barriers exist regarding the provision of effective paediatric pain management, including nurse attitudes and knowledge, a lack of educational preparation and failure to use or administer correctly paediatric pain-assessment tools (Ekim & Ocakci, 2013; Manworren, 2000; Stanley & Pollard, 2013). It is therefore important to develop your skills in relation to paediatric pain assessment and management to ensure effective pain management for your paediatric patients.
Understanding pain
Pain is an intrinsic alert system designed to warn the body of danger or a decline in condition. The International Association for Study of Pain (IASP) officially defines pain as ‘an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage’ (IASP, Bogduk & Merskey, 1994). The acknowledgement of both a sensory and emotional experience being involved in the experience of pain necessitates accurate assessment of all factors that contribute to the pain experience for children, both physical and psychosocial (Saul, Peters & Bruce, 2016).
Nociception
Pain is generally categorised as either acute or chronic. Acute pain that occurs with a defined incident or actual or impending injury to the tissue is well localised, and subsides with tissue healing (Saul, Peters & Bruce, 2016). Chronic pain persists beyond the expected time for healing and is not consistently attributable to a defined incident (Saul, Peters & Bruce, 2016). Pain is experienced due to the presence of noxious stimuli, which results in the activation of peripheral receptors. The nerve cell endings that transmit the message of pain are called nociceptors, and are found throughout the body.
Chapter 3 - Paediatric assessment skills
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- By Elizabeth Forster, Griffith University, Queensland, Catherine Marron, School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology
- Elizabeth Forster, Griffith University, Queensland, Jennifer Fraser, University of Sydney
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Nurses working with children and families need to develop skills to assess the child, and these skills need to be underpinned by knowledge of child growth and development, and their normal parameters. To develop an appropriate plan of care for the child, the paediatric nurse requires a foundational knowledge of physical assessment techniques and the ability to analyse and interpret assessment findings as normal or abnormal, and then to respond appropriately with further focused assessment or referral to other members of the multidisciplinary team.
In this chapter, you will be introduced to principles and techniques for conducting a physical assessment of the child. The first section will focus on understanding growth, nutrition and development, and will highlight the important differences in physical examination techniques used in different age groups.
While this chapter focuses on physical assessment, it is important to note that psychosocial assessment also comprises a central part of assessment of the child, as does family assessment. (For further reading regarding psychosocial development see Fraser et al., 2017, and to learn more about family assessment see Patane & Forster, 2017.)
The importance of assessment
Understanding assessment
Assessment is the collation of subjective and objective data to inform an overall picture of the health status of the child. Together with comprehensive history-taking, eliciting parental concerns and ongoing monitoring, the physical assessment informs effective clinical decision-making (Fergusson, 2009).
Assessment is not performed as an isolated task, but should be ongoing and dynamic. A physical assessment of the child will provide a snapshot of their health status at a particular point in time. Ongoing assessment, through continued monitoring, enables the paediatric nurse to observe and analyse trends against expected norms to identify any deviations and take appropriate action (Broom, 2007).
Rates and predictive factors of return to the emergency department following an initial release by the emergency department for acute heart failure
- Pierre-Géraud Claret, Lisa A. Calder, Ian G. Stiell, Justin W. Yan, Catherine M. Clement, Bjug Borgundvaag, Alan J. Forster, Jeffrey J. Perry, Brian H. Rowe
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- Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine / Volume 20 / Issue 2 / March 2018
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- 03 April 2017, pp. 222-229
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Following release by emergency department (ED) for acute heart failure (AHF), returns to ED represent important adverse health outcomes. The objective of this study was to document relapse events and factors associated with return to ED in the 14-day period following release by ED for patients with AHF.
MethodsThe primary outcome was the number of return to ED for patients who were release by ED after the initial visit, for any related medical problem within 14 days of this initial ED visit.
ResultsReturn visits to the EDs occurred in 166 (20%) patients. Of all patients who returned to ED within the 14-day period, 77 (47%) were secondarily admitted to the hospital. The following factors were associated with return visits to ED: past medical history of percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass graft (aOR=1.51; 95% CIs [1.01-2.24]), current use of antiarrhythmics medications (1.96 [1.05-3.55]), heart rate above 80 /min (1.89 [1.28-2.80]), systolic blood pressure below 140 mm Hg (1.67[1.14-2.47]), oxygen saturation (SaO2) above 96% (1.58 [1.08-2.31]), troponin above the upper reference limit of normal (1.68 [1.15-2.45]), and chest X-ray with pleural effusion (1.52 [1.04-2.23]).
ConclusionsMany heart failure patients (i.e. 1 in 5 patients) are released from the ED and then suffer return to ED. Patients with multiple medical comorbidities, and those with abnormal initial vital signs are at increased risk for return to ED and should be identified.
Long-Term Outcomes in the Management of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy
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- Lauren M. Mai, A. John Clark, Allan S. Gordon, Mary E. Lynch, Pat K. Morley-Forster, Howard Nathan, Catherine Smyth, Larry W. Stitt, Cory Toth, Mark A. Ware, Dwight E. Moulin
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- Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Volume 44 / Issue 4 / July 2017
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- 09 January 2017, pp. 337-342
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Background: Painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) is a frequent complication of diabetes mellitus. Current treatment recommendations are based on short-term trials, generally of ≤3 months’ duration. Limited data are available on the long-term outcomes of this chronic disease. The objective of this study was to determine the long-term clinical effectiveness of the management of chronic PDN at tertiary pain centres. Methods: From a prospective observational cohort study of patients with chronic neuropathic non-cancer pain recruited from seven Canadian tertiary pain centres, 60 patients diagnosed with PDN were identified for analysis. Data were collected according to Initiative on Methods, Measurement, and Pain Assessment in Clinical Trials guidelines including the Brief Pain Inventory. Results: At 12-month follow-up, 37.2% (95% confidence interval [CI], 23.0-53.3) of 43 patients with complete data achieved pain reduction of ≥30%, 51.2% (95% CI, 35.5-66.7) achieved functional improvement with a reduction of ≥1 on the Pain Interference Scale (0-10, Brief Pain Inventory) and 30.2% (95% CI, 17.2-46.1) had achieved both these measures. Symptom management included at least two medication classes in 55.3% and three medication classes in 25.5% (opioids, antidepressants, anticonvulsants). Conclusions: Almost one-third of patients being managed for PDN in a tertiary care setting achieve meaningful improvements in pain and function in the long term. Polypharmacy including analgesic antidepressants and anticonvulsants were the mainstays of effective symptom management.
Evidence for juvenile groups in the ornithopod dinosaur Tenontosaurus tilletti Ostrom
- Catherine A. Forster
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- Journal of Paleontology / Volume 64 / Issue 1 / January 1990
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When the existence of juveniles, eggs, and nesting sites of the hadrosaur Maiasaura peeblesorum and the hypsilophodontid Orodromeus makelai from the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of western Montana were reported, they provided powerful insights into the reproductive strategies of these animals (Horner and Makela, 1979; Horner, 1982, 1984; Horner and Weishampel, 1988). Dinosaur eggs had been known since 1923 when nests attributed to the ceratopsian Protoceratops andrewsi were discovered in Mongolia (Brown and Schlaikjer, 1940), but there was no direct information about behavior or survival strategies in hatchling dinosaurs until the Maiasaura and Orodromeus findings. These recent discoveries have generated a number of hypotheses on the reproductive behavior of dinosaurs relating to the extent of parental care, fidelity in nesting sites, and the aggregation of juveniles into groups.
Taxomomic validity of the ceratopsid dinosaur Ugrosaurus olsoni (Cobabe and Fastovsky)
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Ceratopsid diversity at the end of the Cretaceous plays a role in interpreting faunal events at or near the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary in North America. The addition of a new ceratopsid genus within this time frame thus has potential ramifications for the interpretation of these events.
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New Dinosaur Discoveries from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar: Implications for Gondwanan Biogeography
- Scott D. Sampson, Catherine A. Forster, David W. Krause, Peter Dodson, Florent Ravoavy
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- The Paleontological Society Special Publications / Volume 8 / 1996
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The Fragmentation of Gondwana: Using Dinosaurs to Test Biogeographic Hypotheses
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Paleoenvironment and taphonomy of the dinosaur-bearing Ischigualasto Formation (Upper Triassic, Argentina)
- Raymond R. Rogers, Catherine A. Forster, Cathleen L. May, Alfredo Monetta, Paul C. Sereno
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The oldest-known dinosaurs (Herrerasaurus, Pisanosaurus) occur within the Ischigualasto Formation. Recent work in the formation has brought to light significant new material, including the complete skeleton of a new primitive dinosaur. We sketch below the paleoenvironment and faunal succession during the range of these early dinosaurs, and review some of the taphonomic factors that shaped their fossil record.
The Ischigualasto Formation (Carnian?) is included within the Agua de la Peña Group, a series of continental Triassic deposits exposed in the Ischigualasto-Ville Union Basin of northwest Argentina. Ischigualasto sediments rest unconformably upon the carbonaceous fluvial/lacustrine Los Rastros Formation; this contact is characterized locally by marked angular discordance. The upper contact is gradational into red-beds of the Los Colorados Formation. Medium- to coarse-grained conglomeratic sandstones, siltstones, and silty mudstones dominate the section. Sand bodies are characterized by medium- to large-scale trough cross-stratification and broad lenticular/narrow sheet geometries, and are interpreted as deposits of shallow, low-sinuosity streams. Siltstones and mudstones show pervasive evidence of soil development, including root traces, nodular caliche horizons, and pedogenic slickensides. Deposits attributable to lacustrine/paludal sedimentation are scarce, and freshwater vertebrates and invertebrates are extremely rare. These data suggest an upland depositional setting on a low-relief alluvial plain with seasonal climate.
The Ischigualasto vertebrate fauna includes archosaurs, rhynchosaurs, traversodontid and carnivorous cynodonts, and temnospondyl amphibians. Rhynchosaurs dominate (relative specimen abundance) in the lower half of the section, but are absent from the upper half. Traversodontid cynodonts occur throughout the formation, but are much more abundant up-section. Archosaurs, carnivorous cynodonts, and particularly temnospondyls are rare throughout, with dinosaurs limited to the lower half. No major stratigraphic or sedimentologic changes occur up-section, and there is no evidence for significant shifts in physical or chemical taphonomic processes. Thus, trends in relative taxon abundance likely record a true biotic signal (e.g., local extinction, immigration) rather than a taphonomically-driven preservational bias.
Fossils are preserved as isolated carcasses or disarticulated elements, most often in fine-grained overbank facies. Bone beds and microsites are conspicuously absent. Temnospondyl remains were found within a local carbonaceous lens developed upon a sand body, suggesting autochthonous burial in an abandoned-channel setting. Isolated skulls, particularly those of the traversodontid Exaeretodon, are extremely common. Fifteen isolated crania of this cynodont were mapped in a single stratum with limited areal exposure. Abundant preservation of isolated therapsid crania has also been reported in the Beaufort Series (Permo-Triassic) of the Karoo Basin, South Africa (Smith, 1980). Post-disarticulation hydrodynamic sorting (enhanced by scavenging?) of an areally dispersed mass-mortality assemblage may explain this unusual occurrence.
Two new carnivorous cynodonts from the Ischigualasto Formation (Upper Triassic) of Argentina
- Ricardo N. Martínez, Catherine A. Forster, Cathleen L. May
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- The Paleontological Society Special Publications / Volume 6 / 1992
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- 26 July 2017, p. 202
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- 1992
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Two skulls representing new forms of carnivorous cynodonts were discovered recently in the Upper Triassic (Carnian) Ischigualasto Formation of northwestern Argentina. These specimens are the first complete carnivorous cynodonts described from the Late Triassic of Argentina, and provide critical evidence for the evolution of cranial form between well known Middle Triassic cynodonts, such as Probainognathus, and the first mammals in the latest Triassic.
The first skull (PVSJ 422) is proportionately long, with a posterior skull width only 35 per cent of basal skull length (9.5 cm.). Other distinctive features of the skull include the form of the postcanine crowns, which have two cusps posterior to the principal cusp and fine serations on their leading edges, and which overlap each other in an imbricate pattern. Postcanines 5-7 are subequal in size, overlap the dentary laterally, and are substantially larger than postcanines 2-4. The dental formula in the upper jaw is I4-C1-PC7, with the small first postcanine separated fore and aft by small diastemas. As in other advanced eucynodonts, no pineal foramen is present. Some postcranial elements, as yet unstudied, were also found with this specimen.
The second skull (PVSJ 411) has broader proportions, the width between quadrates almost half that of basal skull length (7.5 cm.). These proportions, in combination with deep, curved zygomatic arches, resemble other Middle Triassic cynodonts such as Probelesodon. Distinctive features of this skull include bicusped postcanines in the upper jaw similar to those of Probelesodon, and a mandibular symphysis that extends back to the level of the fourth postcanine. The dental formula in the upper jaw is I4-C1-PC6. As in the first skull, a pineal foramen is absent.
Several advanced cranial features, such as a fused mandibular symphysis, occur in both skulls and strongly suggest that these new forms belong within the Eucynodontia (Hopson, 1991). Other advanced features, such as the absence of a pineal foramen, further suggest that these new forms are closer to mammals than are traversodontid cynodonts. In contrast, other characters appear to be curiosly primitive, such as a short hard palate in the first skull. These new cynodonts thus may introduce previously unseen features and character combinations to the study of cynodont cranial evolution.