METHOD FOR IMPROVING PAIN SYNDROME ASSESSMENT Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A61B5/16 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: analgesics timing and amount are determined according to peak points of pain syndrome manifestations, which are detected by assessing pain syndrome intensity within 24 hours according to the scale with 12 time intervals. The patient is supposed to fill in the time interval form: 1-3; 3-5; 5-7; 7-9; 9-11; 11-13; 13-15; 15-17; 17-19; 19-21; 21-23; 23-1 and records pain intensity every two hours. Each time interval matches with a modified visual analogue scale, which combines elements of verbal expression of pain and is divided into four sub-scales to assess pain as follows: mild, moderate, pronounced and severe; the origin of the scale corresponds to the pain-free state, whereas the end of the scale stands for unsufferable pain.

EFFECT: method enables correcting the analgesics and anti-pain electric stimulation timing that is expected to provide the higher efficacy of the antalgic therapy by having the pain syndrome intensity determined within 24 hours in accordance with the 12-interval scale.

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