Retraction: Phase 2 Assessment of a New Functional Pain Scale by Comparing It to Traditional Pain Scales.

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.7759/cureus.24522.

Phase 2 Assessment of a New Functional Pain Scale by Comparing It to Traditional Pain Scales.

Background Assessment of pain has always been subjective and is commonly assessed using a numeric pain scale (NPS) or Wong-Baker faces scale. The pain intensity score is not standardized and relies on individuals' past experiences. The disadvantage of using such pain assessment scales and treating the numbers can lead to overdosing on analgesics leading to unwanted side effects.

Assessment of Functional Pain Score by Comparing to Traditional Pain Scores.

Background: Pain assessments, such as the Numerical Pain Scale (NPS) and Wong-Baker FACEs (FACEs), offer methods to quantify pain with simplistic descriptions on a scale of 0-10 or facial expressions. These tools have limitations and deliver insufficient information to the provider developing a pain management plan. A new Functional Pain Scale (FPS) assesses other scopes of pain, including the loss of function in activities of daily living, sleep habits, and communication.

Rare pathology in a trauma patient: air embolism following peripheral intravenous access.

A 62-year-old man presented as a trauma alert after a farm tractor accident. He was managed according to ATLS protocol. During initial trauma resuscitation, he developed an iatrogenic air embolus.

Endometriosis of the Vermiform Appendix Presenting as Acute Appendicitis.

Endometriosis is characterized by the growth of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. Endometriosis of the appendix is rare and its preoperative diagnosis is difficult. We report the case of a postmenopausal woman who presented with right lower quadrant abdominal pain concerning for acute appendicitis.

A Giant Adrenal Mass in a Super Obese Patient.

Giant pheochromocytomas (Pheo) are rare entities requiring clinical suspicion coupled with strategic diagnostic evaluation to confirm the diagnosis. The majority of cases are discovered incidentally. The diagnosis consists of biochemical evaluation and imaging study to localize the mass.

Time course of cerebrospinal fluid inflammatory biomarkers and relationship to 6-month neurologic outcome in adult severe traumatic brain injury.

Objective: Activation of the inflammatory cascade is a known pathophysiologic process in severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) with yet non-standardized scientific data regarding relationship to outcome. The understanding of the time course of expression of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarker levels following severe TBI is an important step toward using these biomarkers to measure injury severity and/or early response to therapeutic interventions. The objective of the current study is to report the time course and values of a battery of CSF inflammatory biomarkers following severe TBI in our reasonably sized patient cohort.