Objective: To determine the efficacy of intra-articular knee infiltration with medical ozone in patients with chronic knee pain due to knee osteoarthritis. Methods: An observational, prospective and intrasubject, included 203 patients with knee osteoarthritis and pain secondary to most, there were a total of five intra-articular injections with medical ozone at a concentration of 25 ug / ml and a volume of 10 ml at weekly intervals. Analgesic quality was evaluated by visual analogue scale (VAS) and pain (WOMAC-A), stiffness (WOMAC-B) and functional capacity (WOMAC-C) using the questionnaire Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis (WOMAC) before and after treatment. Results: 203 patients were performed a total of 305 procedures, 204 women and 101 men, with a mean age of 69.9 ± 9.4 years. Giving to EVA, WOMAC-A,-B and WOMAC WO-MAC-C range of quantitative variables, the mean pre-treatment were 6.
Introduction: In 2005, the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality (MSSSI) promoted the Patient Safety Strategy of the National Health System (SNS), in collaboration with the Autonomous Communities, which integrated the contributions of health professionals and patients through their organizations. One of the objectives of safe practices was the need for prevention and control of pain in adults and children, including management of the same in quality standards. At the Germans Trias and Pujol University Hospital (HUGTIP) in 2016, the development of the indicators that were intended to be evaluated for better detection and therapeutic effi ciency of acute in-hospital pain in any area ended with the design and creation of what we call as "pain map". The objective was to design a tool that, through the clinical pain variable, could improve the visualization of pain and extract statistical data from the defi ned indicators for optimal pain management in a university hospital of the third level. Material and method: Descriptive analysis of the tool we call pain map at the Germans Trias and Pujol University Hospital during 2016. The population was all patients admitted to hospital units where the pain registry was made through the GacelaCare ® computerized medical record. The main variable was the recording of pain intensity using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) or Numeric
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