16. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Pain Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-87

  Van Eijs, Frank ^a   Stanton Hicks, Michael ^b   Van Zundert, Jan ^c,d   Faber, Catharina G ^d   Lubenow, Timothy R ^e   Mekhail, Nagy ^b   Van Kleef, Maarten ^d   Huygen, Frank ^f  

^a CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complex regional pain syndrome; Evidence based medicine; Nerve block; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy; Spinal cord stimulation; Sympathetic block

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE; BUPIVACAINE; CALCITONIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GUANETHIDINE; KETAMINE; KETOROLAC; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NIFEDIPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIA; PARACETAMOL; PHENOL; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; TERAZOSIN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARM; ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYOCLONUS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLYSIS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SLEEP DISORDER; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; STELLATE GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; TREMOR; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; VASODILATATION;

ANALGESICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUANETHIDINE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SYMPATHOLYTICS; VASODILATION;

EID: 78651454999     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2010.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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