Pain can be described as an awareness of an unpleasant sensation associated with actual or potential physical trauma and tissue damage (Merskey and Bogduk, 1994). The term pain refers to the conscious...
The chain of events involved in I/R injury can be broken down into the ischaemic cascade (Box 1) and reperfusion injury (Box 2) An ischaemic episode involves a series of events called the ischaemic...