"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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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pain Clinics" by people in Profiles.
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Outcome of a hepatitis C outbreak among patients in a pain management clinic. Dig Dis Sci. 2010 Jun; 55(6):1738-43.
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Clinician beliefs about opioid use and barriers in chronic nonmalignant pain. J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2004; 18(2):7-28.