chronic pain

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Etiology

Epidemiology

  • disproportionately affects the elderly, minorities, & those with socioeconomic disadvantages[39]

Pathology

  • chronic pain may be associated with neuroinflammation, microglial activation, & neurogeneration

History

Laboratory

Radiology

Complications

Management

eliminate barriers to functional improvement

  • behavioral, social or systems issues
  • telephone-based pain management can improve symptoms in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain[21]
  • mean pain score was 3.57 (out of 10) vs 4.59
  • asking about pain tolerability has advantages over a 10 point scale[44]
  • multimodal pain management strategy[4]

non-pharmaceutical measures

pharmaceutical stategies for treating chronic pain

pharmaceuticals

Notes

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References

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