Prevalence of orofacial pain in individuals with mild cognitive impairment or dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: This systematic review investigated the prevalence of orofacial pain in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia.

Materials And Methods: The search was conducted in five databases (Medline (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), CINAHL, Scopus and LILACS), in three grey literature sources and in included articles' reference lists. Three independent reviewers performed study selection, quality appraisal and data extraction.

Can Allodynia Predict Headache Related to Personal Protective Equipment for the Prevention of COVID-19?

In this complex context of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), headache medicine has been completely affected by this new reality, with new types of headaches directly or indirectly related to COVID-19 being detected. Personal protective equipment (PPE) was recommended for workers in many professions that did not previously require wearing masks leading to new headaches, or the exacerbation of past headaches, especially among health workers. A 57-year-old female working in a secondary care hospital had a history of migraine twice/month without aura and allodynia symptom checklist (ASC12) scored as 7 before COVID-19 outbreak.

Cognitive deficits in chronic pain patients, in a brief screening test, are independent of comorbidities and medication use.

Objective To describe and analyze cognitive aspects in patients with chronic pain and a control group without pain. Method A case-control study was conducted on 45 patients with chronic pain and on 45 control subjects. Data including pain diagnosis, comorbidities and medication used, were evaluated.

Epidemiology of chronic pain in the office of a pain specialist neurologist.

Objective: The objective of the present report was to describe the working experience of a pain specialist neurologist after concluding a medical residency program on neurology, area of concentration pain.

Method: A retrospective study was conducted for one year in the office of a pain specialist neurologist. Patients older than 18 years with chronic pain according to the criteria of the International Association for the Study of Pain, were included.

Scar neuromas as triggers for headache after craniotomy: clinical evidence.

We present four cases of headache with variable intensity, located in close proximity to a craniotomy incision which was performed for non-traumatic reasons. Since manual palpation of the scar often triggers pain, and infiltration with local anesthetics reduce or abolish the pain in some patients, we suggest that neuromas or nerve entrapment in the scars, as a result of the surgery, are responsible for headaches. Although local infiltrations or nerve blocks are often used for diagnostic reasons, herein we consider that they are also of therapeutic value.