Practical management of complex regional pain syndrome

American Journal of Therapeutics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-154

  Hsu, Eric S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causalgia; Complex regional pain syndrome; Interventional therapy; Pharmacologic therapy; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALENDRONIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; CAPSAICIN; CLODRONIC ACID; CLONIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DULOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; METHADONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISONE; PREGABALIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADD ON THERAPY; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LETHARGY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOMNOLENCE; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CAUSALGIA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY;

EID: 64549117846     PISSN: 10752765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MJT.0b013e3181715671     Document Type: Article

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