A proposed algorithm for the management of pain following spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 67-77

  Siddall, P J ^a,b   Middleton, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Neuropathic; Pain; Spinal cord injuries; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE; CLONIDINE; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; DRONABINOL; GABAPENTIN; KETAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; METHADONE; MEXILETINE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PREGABALIN; PROPOFOL; TIZANIDINE; TOPIRAMATE; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALGORITHM; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; APPETITE DISORDER; ASTHENIA; ATAXIA; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; BLADDER DISTENSION; BLURRED VISION; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; CORDOTOMY; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DIPLOPIA; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG TOLERANCE; DYSPHORIA; EDEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; IRRITABILITY; LIVER DISEASE; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; RASH; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEDATION; SEROTONERGIC SYNDROME; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMNOLENCE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; STOMACH EROSION; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VISCERAL PAIN; VOMITING; X RAY; XEROSTOMIA;

ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 31944433003     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101824     Document Type: Review

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