acute pain
collocation in Englishmeaningsofacuteandpain
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acute
adjective
uk/əˈkjuːt/us/əˈkjuːt/
If a bad situation is acute, it causes severe problems ...
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pain
noun[C or U]
uk/peɪn/us/peɪn/
a feeling of physical suffering caused by injury ...
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(Definition ofacuteandpainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Analgesic drugs that are useful for treatingacutepainare only partially effective for chronic pain.
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This seems evident from the flailing and wailing of an infant inacutepain.
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In the examination he cried and moaned as if inacutepain, but he could not verbalize these affective signs of distress.
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We developed a simplified generic pathway of care for a child experiencingacutepainthat was clinically validated.
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These results also raise the question of whichacutepainevents become ultimately neuropathic pain of some form.
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They were also asked how 'reluctant' they were to prescribe opioid analgesics for chronic non-malignant pain, cancer pain andacutepain, using the same scale.
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The pathway sets out the various options for the management ofacutepainin children and young people by health and other professionals.
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Pain researchers favor experimental andacutepainbecause it is the easiest to study.
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Scales were judged to be indicated for use in specificacutepaincontexts rather than for general use.
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The pain, emotional turmoil, and sense of terror that both death and loneliness many evoke could mobilize a reaction akin to fainting, which is a physical response toacutepain.
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Such individuals are not likely to be capable of analyzing the care of patients who are receiving treatment for chronic oracutepain, for cancer, or for progressive neurological disease.
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In the case ofacutepain, an initial investigation should confirm or eliminate its association with serious disease, a lesion of the nervous system, inflammation, trauma (injury), or neoplasm.
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There was a general need for up to date child-focused clinical guidelines/guidance covering all aspects ofacutepaincare, developed according to rigorous and transparent methodology.
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In univariate analyses, the risk of clinically meaningfulacutepainwas increased among women who were younger, unmarried, had more invasive surgeries, and had greater preoperative emotional distress.
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I remember one case of somebody withacutepainin the knee who was dismissed by several doctors as suffering from growing pains.
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It does not take into account the vast army of women who experience—some continuously, others almost continuously—veryacutepain.
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Understandably, the window cleaner was in a state of shock and inacutepainand distress.
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It sends an electronic current from one part of a limb to another and is very effective in dealing withacutepain.
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If they have these senses, they must feelacutepain, misery and distress.
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In any case ofacutepain, necessary treatment is given.
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