ghost02
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Has anyone else heard of this? I was reading a book on bedside diagnostic techniques and one that really stood out was one called the Sternback Pain Thermometer.
How it works is:
1. Have patient state pain 0-10
2. Apply blood pressure cuff and inflate to ischemic pressures (>250) and start a stopwatch.
3. Have the patient tell you when the pain sensed from the cuff is equal to their stated pain. Mark this time but continue the cuff and time. (T1)
4. When the patient removes the cuff or requests it to be removed, remove the cuff and mark that time. (T2
Divide T1/T2 and the fraction in decimal is the expected accurate pain.
So, stated 5/10 pain that was stated as reached at 50sec (T1) and then removed at 100 sec (t2) would have a fraction of 0.5, being the same as the patients stated pain.
Thoughts? Obviously tenuously applicable but interesting none the less.
How it works is:
1. Have patient state pain 0-10
2. Apply blood pressure cuff and inflate to ischemic pressures (>250) and start a stopwatch.
3. Have the patient tell you when the pain sensed from the cuff is equal to their stated pain. Mark this time but continue the cuff and time. (T1)
4. When the patient removes the cuff or requests it to be removed, remove the cuff and mark that time. (T2
Divide T1/T2 and the fraction in decimal is the expected accurate pain.
So, stated 5/10 pain that was stated as reached at 50sec (T1) and then removed at 100 sec (t2) would have a fraction of 0.5, being the same as the patients stated pain.
Thoughts? Obviously tenuously applicable but interesting none the less.
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