Acute neuropathic pain: Diagnosis and treatment

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 590-595

  Gray, Paul ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute neuropathic pain; Diagnosis; Pain management

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CALCITONIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GABAPENTIN; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; MEMANTINE; MEXILETINE; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN; ROPIVACAINE; SALCATONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CANCER PAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYPERALGESIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHANTOM PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADICULAR PAIN; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 53549099663     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32830c900c     Document Type: Review

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