Pain, Intractable - Etiology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Central post-stroke pain: clinical characteristics, pathophysiology, and management.

30 Aug 2009 Central post-stroke pain (CPSP) is a neuropathic pain syndrome that can occur after a cerebrovascular accident. This syndrome is characterised by pain and sensory abnormalities in the body parts that correspond to the brain territory that has been ... Read more...

Comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in the management of chronic spinal pain.

29 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Comprehensive, evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in the management of chronic spinal pain are described here to provide recommendations for clinicians. OBJECTIVE: To develop evidence-based clinical practice ... Read more...

Clinical investigation of patients who develop neuropathic tooth pain after endodontic procedures.

29 Jun 2009 INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to determine the characteristics of patients with neuropathic tooth pain (NTP) who were selected from a group of patients who developed persistent pain after undergoing endodontic procedures. METHODS: Of 271 patients ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pain, Intractable - Etiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Struck from behind: maintaining quality of life with chronic low back pain. 30 Aug 2009
• Central post-stroke pain: clinical characteristics, pathophysiology, and management. 30 Aug 2009
• Comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in the management of chronic spinal pain. 29 Jun 2009
• Clinical investigation of patients who develop neuropathic tooth pain after endodontic procedures. 29 Jun 2009
• Clinical presentation of asbestosis with intractable pleural pain in the adult child of a taconite miner and radiographic demonstration of the probable pathology causing the pain. 29 Jun 2009
• Physiological responses to low-force work and psychosocial stress in women with chronic trapezius myalgia. 5 Jun 2009
• Hematopoietic colony-stimulating factors mediate tumor-nerve interactions and bone cancer pain. 5 Jun 2009
• Adherence to medication guideline criteria in cancer pain management. 30 May 2009
• Spinal cord stimulation as a novel approach to the treatment of refractory neuropathic mediastinal pain. 13 May 2009
• [Pain therapy in general practice] 11 May 2009
• Successful treatment of refractory pudendal neuralgia with pulsed radiofrequency. 29 Apr 2009
• Serial stellate ganglion blocks for intractable postherpetic itching in a pediatric patient: a case report. 29 Apr 2009
• Acute blue finger--not always benign. 29 Apr 2009
• Alleged medical abandonment in chronic opioid analgesic therapy: case report. 20 Apr 2009
• Abuse-related injury and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder as mechanisms of chronic pain in survivors of intimate partner violence. 20 Apr 2009
• Intrathecal narcotic infusion pumps for intractable pain of chronic pancreatitis: a pilot series. 12 Apr 2009
• Motor cortex stimulation for the treatment of refractory peripheral neuropathic pain. 29 Mar 2009
• Toward a definition of pharmacoresistant neuropathic pain. 23 Mar 2009
• A new perspective for the medical treatment of intractable pain in chronic pancreatitis patients. 16 May 2009
• Intravenous flurbiprofen axetil can increase analgesic effect in refractory cancer pain. 5 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Pain, Intractable'

Definition: Persistent pain that is refractory to some or all forms of treatment.

Descriptor UI: D010148

Alternative terms: Pain, Intractable; Intractable Pain; Intractable Pains; Pains, Intractable; Refractory Pain; Pain, Refractory; Pains, Refractory; Refractory Pains;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.617.788; C23.888.592.612.776; C23.888.646.515;

History Note: 1974

Technical Notes: IM; usually chronic so do not coord with CHRONIC DISEASE but chronic pain = PAIN (IM) + CHRONIC DISEASE (NIM)