A Triage Approach to Managing a Two Year Wait-List in a Chronic Pain Program
Pain Research and Management, 2005 OBJECTIVE: Individuals with chronic pain referred to specialist chronic pain management programs frequently wait months to years for assessment and care. In the authors' pain management program, approximately 600 patients are on the waiting list.
Alexander J Clark +3 more
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The Link between Depression and Chronic Pain: Neural Mechanisms in the Brain
Journal of Neural Transplantation and Plasticity, 2017 Chronic pain, as a stress state, is one of the critical factors for determining depression, and their coexistence tends to further aggravate the severity of both disorders.
Jiyao Sheng +4 more
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Effects of stress and relaxation on central pain modulation in chronic whiplash and fibromyalgia patients compared to healthy controls [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Compelling evidence has demonstrated that impaired central pain modulation contributes to persistent pain in patients with chronic whiplash associated disorders (WAD) and fibromyalgia (FM).
Cagnie, Barbara +6 more
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Elimination of pain improves specificity of clinical diagnostic criteria for adult chronic rhinosinusitis [PDF]
, 2017 Objective Determine whether the elimination of pain improves accuracy of clinical diagnostic criteria for adult chronic rhinosinusitis. Study Design Retrospective cohort study.
DiNardo, Laurence J. +4 more
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Rates of opioid misuse, abuse, and addiction in chronic pain: a systematic review and data synthesis
Pain, 2015 Opioid use in chronic pain treatment is complex, as patients may derive both benefit and harm. Identification of individuals currently using opioids in a problematic way is important given the substantial recent increases in prescription rates and ...
K. Vowles +5 more
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Point-process deconvolution of fMRI reveals effective connectivity alterations in chronic pain patients [PDF]
arXiv, 2013 It is now recognized that important information can be extracted from the brain spontaneous activity, as exposed by recent analysis using a repertoire of computational methods. In this context a novel method, based on a blind deconvolution technique, is used in this paper to analyze potential changes due to chronic pain in the brain pain matrix's ...
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A primary care, multi-disciplinary disease management program for opioid-treated patients with chronic non-cancer pain and a high burden of psychiatric comorbidity [PDF]
, 2005 BACKGROUND: Chronic non-cancer pain is a common problem that is often accompanied by psychiatric comorbidity and disability. The effectiveness of a multi-disciplinary pain management program was tested in a 3 month before and after trial.
A Rosenblum +95 more
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Transition from Acute to Chronic Pain: Evaluating Risk for Chronic Postsurgical Pain.
Pain Physician, 2019 BACKGROUND The pathophysiology of pain involves complex nervous system interactions after initial noxious stimuli. When stimuli persist, biochemical and structural changes occur in the nociceptive pathways of the central and peripheral nervous systems ...
G. Fregoso +3 more
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Gastric Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Chronic Back Pain: A Case Report [PDF]
, 2020 Introduction: Early stage gastric cancer is usually asymptomatic. It is not until later stages of the disease, usually with metastasis, that patients typically develop symptoms that would prompt further evaluation.Case Report: We present a case of a ...
Cardriche, Dennis +2 more
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Catastrophizing mediates the relationship between the personal belief in a just world and pain outcomes among chronic pain support group attendees [PDF]
, 2016 Health-related research suggests the belief in a just world can act as a personal resource that protects against the adverse effects of pain and illness.
A Furnham +58 more
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