OBJECTIVE: To design a functional, patient-centered model of patient complexity with
practical applicability to analytic design and clinical practice. Existing literature on patient …

The Neuropathic Pain Special Interest Group of the International Association for the Study of
Pain recently sponsored the development of evidence-based guidelines for the …

A number of different treatments for neuropathic pain have been studied, but the literature is
sizable, rapidly evolving, and lacks important information about practical aspects of patient …

The prevalence of diabetes mellitus and its chronic complications continue to increase
alarmingly. Consequently, the massive expenditure on diabetic distal symmetrical …

We report the first nationwide survey of the impact of neuropathic pain, as opposed to
nonneuropathic pain, on quality of life and health care utilization in the French general …

A number of different diseases or injuries can damage the central or peripheral nervous
system and produce neuropathic pain (NP), which seems to be more difficult to treat than …

Diabet. Med. 29, 578–585 (2012) Abstract Aims DN4 (Douleur Neuropathique en 4
Questions) is a screening tool for neuropathic pain consisting of interview questions (DN4 …

Most studies of diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) and painful DPN are conducted in persons
with longstanding diabetes. This crosssectional study aimed to estimate the prevalence of …

Background The purpose of this study was to characterize the burden of illness among adult
subjects with painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (pDPN) seeking treatment in the US …

Oxaliplatin is a highly neurotoxic chemotherapeutic agent routinely used for the treatment of
colorectal cancer. Recent data suggest that oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy may …