Central sensitization: implications for the diagnosis and treatment of pain

CJ Woolf - pain, 2011 - Elsevier
Nociceptor inputs can trigger a prolonged but reversible increase in the excitability and
synaptic efficacy of neurons in central nociceptive pathways, the phenomenon of central …

American Burn Association guidelines on the management of acute pain in the adult burn patient: a review of the literature, a compilation of expert opinion, and next …

KS Romanowski, J Carson, K Pape… - Journal of Burn Care …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The ABA pain guidelines were developed 14 years ago and have not been revised despite
evolution in the practice of burn care. A sub-committee of the American Burn Association's …

The efficacy of preemptive analgesia for acute postoperative pain management: a meta-analysis

CKS Ong, P Lirk, RA Seymour… - Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2005 - journals.lww.com
IMPLICATIONS: This meta-analysis assesses the ability of preemptive analgesic
interventions to attenuate postoperative pain scores, decrease supplemental postoperative …

Multimodal analgesia for postoperative pain control

F Jin, F Chung - Journal of clinical anesthesia, 2001 - Elsevier
Pain is one of the main postoperative adverse outcomes. Single analgesics, either opioid or
nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), are not able to provide effective pain relief …

[HTML][HTML] Burn injury pain: the continuing challenge

GJ Summer, KA Puntillo, C Miaskowski, PG Green… - The journal of pain, 2007 - Elsevier
The development of more effective methods of relieving pain associated with burn injury is a
major unmet medical need. Not only is acute burn injury pain a source of immense suffering …

Peripheral nerve blocks improve analgesia after total knee replacement surgery

HW Allen, SS Liu, PD Ware, CS Nairn… - Anesthesia & …, 1998 - journals.lww.com
Total knee replacement (TKR) produces severe postoperative pain. Peripheral nerve blocks
can be used as analgesic adjuncts for TKR, but the efficacy of femoral nerve blocks alone is …

Preemptive analgesia: why its effect is not always obvious

I Kissin - The Journal of the American Society of …, 1996 - pubs.asahq.org
Preemptive analgesia is an antinociceptive treatment that prevents the establishment of
altered central processing, which amplifies postoperative pain. The altered sensory …

Efficacy and safety of steroid use for postoperative pain relief: update and review of the medical literature

A Salerno, R Hermann - JBJS, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Efficacy and Safety of Steroid Use for Postoperative Pain Re... : JBJS Efficacy and Safety of
Steroid Use for Postoperative Pain Relief: Update and Review of the Medical Literature : JBJS …

[HTML][HTML] Managing rebound pain after regional anesthesia

F Muñoz-Leyva, J Cubillos… - Korean journal of …, 2020 - synapse.koreamed.org
Rebound pain after regional anesthesia can be defined as transient acute postoperative
pain that ensues following resolution of sensory blockade, and is clinically significant, either …

Preemptive epidural analgesia and recovery from radical prostatectomy: a randomized controlled trial

A Gottschalk, DS Smith, DR Jobes, SK Kennedy… - Jama, 1998 - jamanetwork.com
Context.—Preemptive analgesia can decrease the sensitization of the central nervous
system that would ordinarily amplify subsequent nociceptive input, but a clear demonstration …