Search for dissertations about: "Torsten Gordh"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words Torsten Gordh.
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1. a2-adrenoceptor agonistic drugs for spinal analgesia : from hypothesis to clinical use : experimental, neurotoxicological and clinical studies
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2. Visualization of Peripheral Pain Generating Processes and Inflammation in Musculoskeletal Tissue using [11C]-D-deprenyl PET
Abstract : An objective visualization and quantification of pain-generating processes in the periphery would alter pain diagnosis and represent an important paradigm shift in pain research. Positron emission tomography (PET) radioligand [11C]-D-deprenyl has shown an elevated uptake in painful inflammatory arthritis and whiplash-associated disorder. READ MORE
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3. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia : How, for Whom and What about Acceptance?
Abstract : Sleep is essential for survival but a significant minority of the adult population are dissatisfied with their sleep, and 6-10% meet the criteria for insomnia disorder, characterised by difficulties falling asleep at bedtime, waking up in the middle of the night or too early in the morning, and daytime symptoms. Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), an evidence-based sleep-focused intervention, has been suggested as the treatment of choice for chronic insomnia. READ MORE
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4. Perioperative effects of systemic or spinal clonidine as adjuvant during spinal anaesthesia
Abstract : Aim of study: To evaluate the effects of different doses of clonidine administered systemically or spinally in combination with local anaesthetics on sensory and motor block intraoperatively, on pain relief postoperatively, and on the incidence of postoperative alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) in alcohol abusers.Patients and methods: A total 285 patients were included in five studies. READ MORE
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5. Neuropathic Pain; Quality of Life, Sensory Assessments and Pharmacological Treatments
Abstract : Neuropathic pain of central and peripheral origin presents a substantial clinical problem as it is often resistant to pharmacological treatment.The health related quality of life of 126 patients with peripheral neuropathic pain was studied, to provide a cross sectional description from this point of view. READ MORE