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Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 7e
| Section 5. Analgesia, Anesthesia, and Procedural Sedation > |
Chapter 42. Adults with Chronic Pain
Sections: Adults with Chronic Pain: Introduction, Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Clinical Features, Differential Diagnosis, Treatment, Disposition and Follow-Up, Practice Guidelines, Special Populations, References.
Topics Discussed: chronic pain.
Excerpt:"Chronic pain is a painful condition that lasts >3 months, pain
that persists beyond the reasonable time for an injury to heal,
or pain that persists 1 month beyond the usual course of an acute
disease. There are four basic types of chronic pain: pain persisting
beyond the normal healing time for a disease or injury, pain related
to a chronic degenerative disease or persistent neurologic condition,
cancer-related pain, and pain that emerges or persists without an
identifiable cause. Chronic pain differs from acute pain
in its function. Acute pain is an essential biologic signal to warn
the individual to stop a potentially injurious activity or to prompt
one to seek medical care. Chronic pain serves no obvious biologic function...."
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