Pain management in a patient with intractable spinal cord injury pain: A case report and literature review

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1462-1473

  Que, Jocelyn C ^a   Siddall, Philip J ^b   Cousins, Michael J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BACLOFEN; CLONIDINE; DIAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; HYDROMORPHONE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DROWSINESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EATING; GAIT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; WALKING;

EID: 37349059246     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000282804.25682.0f     Document Type: Article

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