Place of neurocryostimulation in the treatment of post-traumatic pain in Emergency Department. Morelle, M., Cardon, F., Beuscart, J., Campagne, J., Wiel, E., Boulanger, E., & Assez, N. Annales Francaises de Medecine d'Urgence, 4(2):89–95, 2014.
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Objective: This work was designed to assess the antalgic effect of neurocryostimulation on traumatic pain in the emergency room. Methods: This prospective cohort study was conducted in an emergency room during 12 days. Patients who were more than 12-year-old and admitted to the emergency room for up to 24 h for trauma pain were included. After pain assessment by a pain intensity numeric rating scale (PRS; score 0 to 100) during the first medical contact (t0), the patients received a single neurocryostimulation session. Pain intensity was re-evaluated just after the cryotherapy session (t1), and when the patients went out of the emergency room (t2). Results: Forty-nine patients were included in this study. During the first medical contact (t0), the average pain intensity was about 63 ± 16. The pain score rapidly decreased to 46 ± 23 (27% of reduction, P \textless 0.05) after the neurocryostimulation session (t1). Pain decrease was constant: the value of pain intensity at the release of the patients from the emergency room was 34 ± 20 (46% of reduction, P \textless 0.05). The decrease of pain intensity tends to be more important for patients with a PRS ≥ 70 (49% of reduction, P \textless 0.05). Conclusion: Neurocryostimulation is an effective antalgic technique for emergency trauma for mild and major pains, as a supplement to usual antalgic treatments. © 2013 Société française de médecine d'urgence and Springer-Verlag France.
@article{morelle_place_2014,
	title = {Place of neurocryostimulation in the treatment of post-traumatic pain in {Emergency} {Department}},
	volume = {4},
	shorttitle = {Intérêt de la neurocryostimulation dans la prise en charge de la douleur post-traumatique en médecine d'urgence},
	doi = {10.1007/s13341-013-0400-4},
	abstract = {Objective: This work was designed to assess the antalgic effect of neurocryostimulation on traumatic pain in the emergency room. Methods: This prospective cohort study was conducted in an emergency room during 12 days. Patients who were more than 12-year-old and admitted to the emergency room for up to 24 h for trauma pain were included. After pain assessment by a pain intensity numeric rating scale (PRS; score 0 to 100) during the first medical contact (t0), the patients received a single neurocryostimulation session. Pain intensity was re-evaluated just after the cryotherapy session (t1), and when the patients went out of the emergency room (t2). Results: Forty-nine patients were included in this study. During the first medical contact (t0), the average pain intensity was about 63 ± 16. The pain score rapidly decreased to 46 ± 23 (27\% of reduction, P {\textless} 0.05) after the neurocryostimulation session (t1). Pain decrease was constant: the value of pain intensity at the release of the patients from the emergency room was 34 ± 20 (46\% of reduction, P {\textless} 0.05). The decrease of pain intensity tends to be more important for patients with a PRS ≥ 70 (49\% of reduction, P {\textless} 0.05). Conclusion: Neurocryostimulation is an effective antalgic technique for emergency trauma for mild and major pains, as a supplement to usual antalgic treatments. © 2013 Société française de médecine d'urgence and Springer-Verlag France.},
	number = {2},
	journal = {Annales Francaises de Medecine d'Urgence},
	author = {Morelle, M. and Cardon, F. and Beuscart, J.-B. and Campagne, J.-B. and Wiel, E. and Boulanger, E. and Assez, N.},
	year = {2014},
	keywords = {Antalgy, Cryotherapy, Emergency, Pain, Traumatology},
	pages = {89--95},
}

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