Current views on acute to chronic pain transition in post-traumatic patients: Risk factors and potential for pre-emptive treatments

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1142-1150

  Radresa, Olivier ^a   Chauny, Jean Marc ^a,b   Lavigne, Gilles ^a,c   Piette, Eric ^a,b   Paquet, Jean ^a   Daoust, Raoul ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b University Faculty of Medicine   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DULOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MAPROTILINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PREGABALIN; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; STEROID; VENLAFAXINE;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANALGESIA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BURN; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MASSAGE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHANTOM PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THORAX INJURY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; WORLD HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84897079479     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000188     Document Type: Review

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