"Breakthrough Pain" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Acute pain that comes on rapidly despite the use of pain medication.
| Descriptor ID |
D059390
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.592.612.191 F02.830.816.131 G11.561.790.444.393
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| Concept/Terms |
Breakthrough Pain- Breakthrough Pain
- Breakthrough Pains
- Pains, Breakthrough
- Pain, Breakthrough
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Breakthrough Pain" by people in Profiles.
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Association between breakthrough labor pain, patient-controlled epidural analgesia use, and numeracy: A pilot observational study. Midwifery. 2023 Sep; 124:103730.
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Effect of hospice nonprofessional caregiver barriers to pain management on adherence to analgesic administration recommendations and patient outcomes. Pain Manag Nurs. 2015 Jun; 16(3):249-56.