Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2008. Graduate Programme in Psychology. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-93). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR45952

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rhode Island, 2004. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 227-239).

Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2009. / Title from title page (Digital Archive@GSU, viewed June 25, 2010) Lindsey L. Cohen, committee chair; Erin Tone, Chris Henrich, committee members. Includes bibliographical references (p. 40-44).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rhode Island, 2005. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 179-196).

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Meng, Zhaoyu. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-74). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Declaration of Origination --- p.II / Abstract --- p.III / Acknowledgement --- p.VII / Table of Contents --- p.VIII / List of Tables --- p.XI / List of Figures --- p.XII / List of Abbreviations --- p.XIII / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Review of postoperative pain --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- Candidate Genes --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- μ Opioid Receptor Gene --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2 --- ATP-binding cassette B1 (ABCB1) / multiple drug resistance 1 (MDR1) gene --- p.10 / Chapter 2.3 --- Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene --- p.10 / Chapter 2.4 --- βArrestin2 gene --- p.11 / Chapter 2.5 --- Transient receptor potential (TRP) gene --- p.11 / Chapter 2.6 --- GTP cyclohydrolase 1 (GCHl)gene --- p.12 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- Hypothesis and Experimental Design --- p.15 / Chapter 3.1 --- Hypothesis --- p.15 / Chapter 3.2 --- Objectives --- p.15 / Chapter 3.3 --- Experimental design --- p.15 / Chapter 4.4 --- Role in this study --- p.16 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- Methods --- p.17 / Chapter 4.1 --- Patients --- p.17 / Chapter 4.2 --- Anesthetic procedure --- p.17 / Chapter 4.3 --- Postoperative management --- p.18 / Chapter 4.4 --- Patient follow-up --- p.19 / Chapter 4.5 --- Definition of endpoints --- p.19 / Chapter Chapter 5. --- Genotyping --- p.22 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Statistical Analysis and Sample Size --- p.24 / Chapter 6.1 --- Statistical analysis --- p.24 / Chapter 6.2 --- Sample size --- p.26 / Chapter Chapter 7. --- "Demographic, genotype and haplotype result" --- p.28 / Chapter 7.1 --- Patient characteristics --- p.28 / Chapter 7.2 --- Genotypes and haplotypes --- p.30 / Chapter Chapter 8. --- Acute postoperative pain --- p.35 / Chapter Chapter 9. --- Morphine consumption for early postoperative pain --- p.41 / Chapter 9.1 --- Patients using alternative analgesia --- p.41 / Chapter 9.2 --- Result in the patients using morphine alone --- p.41 / Chapter Chapter 10. --- Opioid-related Side Effects --- p.47 / Chapter Chapter 11. --- Chronic postoperative pain --- p.49 / Chapter 11.1 --- Patient characteristics --- p.49 / Chapter 11.2 --- Association of genetic polymorphisms and Chronic postoperative pain --- p.51 / Chapter Chapter 12. --- Discussion --- p.54 / Chapter 12.1 --- Acute postoperative pain --- p.54 / Chapter 12.2 --- Chronic postoperative pain --- p.57 / Chapter Chapter 13. --- Conclusion --- p.60 / References --- p.61 / Appendix I. Morphine Consumption and and Number of Demands for Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) in Patients with Different Genotypes --- p.75 / Appendix II. Opioid Related Symptom Distress Scale Score on Day 1 and Overall Score of Each Day in Patients with Different Genotypes --- p.79 / Appendix III. Opioid Related Symptoms Distress Scale Score in Patients with Different Genotypes --- p.83

As some references suggested that tobacco smoking behavior increases the risk of persistent pain and poorer recovery, but some demonstrated that nicotine decreased pain sensitivity. Both contrary conclusions make clinicians confused on how to manage the patients with tobacco smoking habit. This study conducted a retrospective way to evaluate the relationship between acute postoperative pain management and tobacco smoking behavior. This study included 511 Patients underwent general surgery were assigned to smokers or non-smokers. Site of surgery, type and duration of anesthesia were extracted from the anesthetic record. Information regarded each patient's gender, age, preoperative weight, past medical history, postoperative course, all non-opiate sedatives and opiate analgesics used in the first 72 hours were collected and recorded. Morphine administered via a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) device was the preferred method of analgesia for these patients. Anesthesia was standardized. Exclusion criteria included the patients underwent major thoracic cardiovascular surgery, the patients with significant lung lesion, the patients with conscious disturbance, and the patients with allergic history to morphine. The results showed that of the sense of pain, the smoking group in the second day the pain scores significantly higher than non-smoking group (p<0.001), indicated that smoking patients were had more pain than non-smoking patients after surgery. And of the analgesic drug effects, the smoking group in the second and third day analgesic doses and the total analgesic doses were significantly higher than non-smoking group (p<0.023), showed that smoking patients significantly used more analgesic than non-smoking group after surgery. Smoking was associated with pain indeed existence.

How to achieve a quality improvement for individual post-operative pain treatment is an important issue. PAIN-OUT is a multinational research project and its aim is to build functional software for clinicians with post-operative pain management. This paper presents a specification for a UI that is intended for physicians to intuitively access the database and to help them in decision making for the postoperative pain treatment. The interface design is tailored for PAIN-OUT data and combines the UI design knowledge and the physicians’ need. In order to meet the needs, and to implement the design into current PAIN-OUT computer aided system, the mockup design is developed as a HTML’s prototype. To verify the design’s performance, we connect the case library and the interface design in Matlab to see the work out. We also made a small demonstration video for the design and asked the expert from PAIN-OUT to offer some professional opinions.

Thesis (M Nursing (Advanced Practice))--University of South Australia, 1996

Thesis (M.S.)--Ball State University, 2009. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Mar. 25, 2010). "November 18, 2008." Research paper (M.S.), 3 hrs. Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-114).