"Pain Clinics" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Facilities providing diagnostic, therapeutic, and palliative services for patients with severe chronic pain. These may be free-standing clinics or hospital-based and serve ambulatory or inpatient populations. The approach is usually multidisciplinary. These clinics are often referred to as "acute pain services". (From Br Med Bull 1991 Jul;47(3):762-85)
| Descriptor ID |
D018710
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.278.035.380.600 N02.278.216.500.968.527.600 N04.452.442.422.527.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Pain Clinics- Pain Clinics
- Clinic, Pain
- Clinics, Pain
- Pain Clinic
- Pain Relief Units
- Pain Relief Unit
- Unit, Pain Relief
- Units, Pain Relief
- Pain Centers
- Center, Pain
- Centers, Pain
- Pain Center
Multidisciplinary Pain Centers- Multidisciplinary Pain Centers
- Center, Multidisciplinary Pain
- Centers, Multidisciplinary Pain
- Multidisciplinary Pain Center
- Pain Center, Multidisciplinary
- Pain Centers, Multidisciplinary
Multidisciplinary Pain Clinics- Multidisciplinary Pain Clinics
- Clinic, Multidisciplinary Pain
- Clinics, Multidisciplinary Pain
- Multidisciplinary Pain Clinic
- Pain Clinic, Multidisciplinary
- Pain Clinics, Multidisciplinary
Acute Pain Service- Acute Pain Service
- Pain Service, Acute
- Acute Pain Services
- Pain Services, Acute
- Service, Acute Pain
- Services, Acute Pain
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pain Clinics" by people in Profiles.
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Managing Pain in Patients With Chronic Medical Illnesses and Serious Mental Illnesses. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2018 Jun; 35(6):825-828.
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Pain management for total hip arthroplasty. J Surg Orthop Adv. 2014; 23(1):13-21.
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Efficacy and safety of scheduled dosing of opioid analgesics: a quality improvement study. J Pain. 2005 Oct; 6(10):639-43.
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Management of chronic pain. Part I. Dis Mon. 1996 Jul; 42(7):389-454.