ArticlePain research & management2016
Pain Measurement through Temperature Changes in Children Undergoing Dental Extractions.
Article in Pain research & management, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03739346 (Efficacy of Hypnosis Compared With Tell/Show/do Technique in Anxiety/Pain Reduction in Children During Pulpotomies), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.
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Efficacy of Hypnosis Compared With Tell/Show/do Technique in Anxiety/Pain Reduction in Children During Pulpotomies
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Postoperative inguinal pain and disability after Lichtenstein versus ONSTEP hernia repair: analysis of responses to the inguinal pain questionnaire in Spanish.Surgery today · 2021Trial
- The Effects of Pregnancy Status on Lacrimal Caruncle Temperature, Intraocular Pressure and Rectal Temperature in Cats: A Preliminary Study.Veterinary medicine and science · 2024Article
- Potential of using facial thermal imaging in patient triage of flu-like syndrome during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.PloS one · 2023Article
- Is Thermal Imaging a Helpful Tool in Diagnosis of Asymptomatic Odontogenic Infection Foci-A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Use of Infrared Thermal Imaging for Assessing Acute Inflammatory Changes: A Case Series.Cureus · 2022Article
- Infrared Thermography in Wound Care, Surgery, and Sports Medicine: A Review.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Review
- Diagnostic accuracy of infrared thermal imaging for detecting COVID-19 infection in minimally symptomatic patients.European journal of clinical investigation · 2021Observational
- Infrared Thermography in the Evaluation of Dental Socket Healing After Photobiomodulation Therapy: A Case Report.Journal of lasers in medical sciences · 2021Article
- Utility of lacrimal caruncle infrared thermography when monitoring alterations in autonomic activity in healthy humans.European journal of applied physiology · 2019Article
- Thermal camera as a pain monitor.Journal of pain research · 2017Article
- Clinical Utility of Infrared Thermography in Pediatric Patients: A Systematic Review of Surgical and Nonsurgical Applications.Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric SurgeonsReview
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Background and Objective. Pain evaluation in children can be a difficult task, since it possesses sensory and affective components that are often hard to discriminate. Infrared thermography has previously been used as a diagnostic tool for pain detection in animals; therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the presence of temperature changes during dental extractions and to evaluate its correlation with heart rate changes as markers of pain and discomfort. Methods. Thermographic changes in the lacrimal caruncle and heart rate measurements were recorded in healthy children scheduled for dental extraction before and during the procedure and compared. Afterwards, correlation between temperature and heart rate was assessed. Results. We found significant differences in temperature and heart rate before the procedure and during the dental extraction (mean difference 4.07°C, p < 0.001, and 18.11 beats per minute, p < 0.001) and no evidence of correlation between both measurements. Conclusion. Thermographic changes in the lacrimal caruncle can be detected in patients who undergo dental extractions. These changes appear to be stable throughout time and to possess very little intersubject variation, thus making them a candidate for a surrogate marker of pain and discomfort. Future studies should be performed to confirm this claim.
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