Complex regional pain syndrome

S Bruehl - Bmj, 2015 - bmj.com
Complex regional pain syndrome is a chronic pain condition characterized by autonomic
and inflammatory features. It occurs acutely in about 7% of patients who have limb fractures …

An update on the pathophysiology of complex regional pain syndrome

S Bruehl, DS Warner - The Journal of the American Society of …, 2010 - pubs.asahq.org
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a neuropathic pain disorder with significant
autonomic features. Few treatments have proven effective, in part, because of a historically …

Validation of proposed diagnostic criteria (the “Budapest Criteria”) for complex regional pain syndrome

RN Harden, S Bruehl, RSGM Perez, F Birklein… - Pain, 2010 - Elsevier
Current IASP diagnostic criteria for CRPS have low specificity, potentially leading to
overdiagnosis. This validation study compared current IASP diagnostic criteria for CRPS to …

Complex regional pain syndrome: a recent update

EL Goh, S Chidambaram, D Ma - Burns & trauma, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a debilitating condition affecting the limbs that
can be induced by surgery or trauma. This condition can complicate recovery and impair …

Inflammation in complex regional pain syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

L Parkitny, JH McAuley, F Di Pietro, TR Stanton… - Neurology, 2013 - AAN Enterprises
Objectives: We conducted a systematic review of the literature with meta-analysis to
determine whether complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is associated with a specific …

Neurogenic neuroinflammation in fibromyalgia and complex regional pain syndrome

G Littlejohn - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2015 - nature.com
Although fibromyalgia and complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) have distinct clinical
phenotypes, they do share many other features. Pain, allodynia and dysaesthesia occur in …

Neurogenic inflammation in fibromyalgia

G Littlejohn, E Guymer - Seminars in immunopathology, 2018 - Springer
Fibromyalgia is a high impact chronic pain disorder with a well-defined and robust clinical
phenotype. Key features include widespread pain and tenderness, high levels of sleep …

[HTML][HTML] Towards an effective and safe treatment of inflammatory pain: a Delphi-guided expert consensus

G Varrassi, E Alon, M Bagnasco, L Lanata… - Advances in …, 2019 - Springer
Objective The clinical management of inflammatory pain requires an optimal balance
between effective analgesia and associated safety risks. To date, mechanisms associated …

Menstruation pulls the trigger for inflammation and pain in endometriosis

A Laux-Biehlmann, T d'Hooghe, TM Zollner - Trends in pharmacological …, 2015 - cell.com
Endometriosis is a chronic, hormone-dependent, inflammatory disease, characterized by the
presence and growth of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. It affects 5–10% of the …

Complex regional pain syndromes: new pathophysiological concepts and therapies

C Maihöfner, F Seifert… - European Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), formerly known as Sudeck's dystrophy and
causalgia, is a disabling and distressing pain syndrome. We here provide a review based on …