Pain Management

Deep learning-based automated detection of glaucomatous optic neuropathy on color fundus photographs.

PURPOSE: To develop a deep learning approach based on deep residual neural network (ResNet101) for t...

Understanding Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) using tree-based classifiers.

BACKGROUND: Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), defined as a physical or psychological reliance on opioids, i...

Letter to the Editor regarding the article "Comparison of intra- and postoperative analgesia and pain perception in robot-assisted vs. open radical prostatectomy".

Rapid Assessment of Opioid Exposure and Treatment in Cities Through Robotic Collection and Chemical Analysis of Wastewater.

INTRODUCTION: Accurate data regarding opioid use, overdose, and treatment is important in guiding co...

Prevalence and Diagnosis of Neurological Disorders Using Different Deep Learning Techniques: A Meta-Analysis.

This paper dispenses an exhaustive review on deep learning techniques used in the prognosis of eight...

The Detection of Opioid Misuse and Heroin Use From Paramedic Response Documentation: Machine Learning for Improved Surveillance.

BACKGROUND: Timely, precise, and localized surveillance of nonfatal events is needed to improve resp...

Gait Biomarkers Classification by Combining Assembled Algorithms and Deep Learning: Results of a Local Study.

Machine learning, one of the core disciplines of artificial intelligence, is an approach whose main ...

Structured sequence processing and combinatorial binding: neurobiologically and computationally informed hypotheses.

Understanding how the brain forms representations of structured information distributed in time is a...

Comparison of Continuous Wound Infusion versus Continuous Epidural Infusion in Upper Abdominal Surgery: Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial.

CONTEXT: Wound catheter offers a less invasive alternative for postoperative analgesia in the abdomi...

Ultrasound-Guided Subclavian Perivascular Brachial Plexus Block Using 0.5% Bupivacaine with Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.

BACKGROUND: Ultrasound guidance has dramatically improved the accuracy of nerve localization, and va...

Crocin exerts improving effects on indomethacin-induced small intestinal ulcer by antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic mechanisms.

Crocin is a plant-derived carotenoid and bears potent antioxidant property. Ranitidine (a histamine ...

Current state of science in machine learning methods for automatic infant pain evaluation using facial expression information: study protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis.

INTRODUCTION: Infants can experience pain similar to adults, and improperly controlled pain stimuli ...

Epidemiological pathology of Aβ deposition in the ageing brain in CFAS: addition of multiple Aβ-derived measures does not improve dementia assessment using logistic regression and machine learning approaches.

Aβ-amyloid deposition is a key feature of Alzheimer's disease, but Consortium to Establish a Registr...

Machine learning: assessing neurovascular signals in the prefrontal cortex with non-invasive bimodal electro-optical neuroimaging in opiate addiction.

Chronic and recurrent opiate use injuries brain tissue and cause serious pathophysiological changes ...

A fluoroscopic assessment of brachial plexus block by the supraclavicular approach: Have we been overmedicating?

BACKGROUND: Ultrasonography-guided supraclavicular brachial plexus block has demonstrated safety as ...

Subgrouping Factors Influencing Migraine Intensity in Women: A Semi-automatic Methodology Based on Machine Learning and Information Geometry.

BACKGROUND: Migraine is a heterogeneous condition with multiple clinical manifestations. Machine lea...

How people with dementia perceive a therapeutic robot called PARO in relation to their pain and mood: A qualitative study.

BACKGROUND: Interacting with social robots, such as the robotic seal PARO, has been shown to improve...

Estimation of Bladder Pressure and Volume from the Neural Activity of Lumbosacral Dorsal Horn Using a Long-Short-Term-Memory-based Deep Neural Network.

In this paper, we propose a deep recurrent neural network (DRNN) for the estimation of bladder press...

Neonatal seizure detection from raw multi-channel EEG using a fully convolutional architecture.

A deep learning classifier for detecting seizures in neonates is proposed. This architecture is desi...

Comparison of bupivacaine alone and in a combination with lidocaine for caudal block in patients undergoing circumcision: A historical cohort study.

OBJECTIVE: Optimal analgesia following ambulatory surgery is an important matter in patient satisfac...

Efficacy of Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Bupivacaine in Ultrasound-Guided Transverse Abdominis plane Block for Laparoscopic appendicectomy: A Randomised Controlled Study.

OBJECTIVE: Dexmedetomidine is an alpha 2-adrenergic agonist that prolongs analgesia as an adjuvant w...