Observational studyThe Journal of emergency medicine2020
Predicting the Transition to Chronic Pain 6 Months After an Emergency Department Visit for Acute Pain: A Prospective Cohort Study.
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- Pooled it
- Subjective risk factors of severe pain at discharge from the emergency department.Internal and emergency medicine · 2025Trial
- Defining the need for analgesia in the emergency department: an international consensus statement.European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine · 2026Article
- Suzetrigine for Acute Pain in the Emergency Department: A First-in-Class NaV1.8 Blocker.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2026Article
- The Economic burden of opioid-related serious adverse events and undertreatment of acute pain in the United States.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Clinical and MRI markers for acute vs chronic temporomandibular disorders using a machine learning and deep neural networks.Communications medicine · 2025Article
- From acute to chronic: the PREVENT protocol for understanding pain progression after emergency department visits.Primary health care research & development · 2025Observational
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- Research status, hotspots and perspectives of artificial intelligence applied to pain management: a bibliometric and visual analysis.Updates in surgery · 2025Article
- Feelings of Patients Admitted to the Emergency Department.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Opioid Analgesics and Persistent Pain After an Acute Pain Emergency Department Visit: Evidence from a Cohort of Suspected Urolithiasis Patients.The Journal of emergency medicine · 2021Article
- Factors associated with care transition experiences among individuals with complex needs: A prospective study.Journal of multimorbidity and comorbidityArticle
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Abstract
backgroundAcute pain can transition to chronic pain, a potentially debilitating illness.
objectiveWe determined how often acute pain transitions to chronic pain among patients in the emergency department (ED) and whether persistent pain 1 week after the ED visit was associated with chronic pain.
methodsAn observational cohort study conducted in two EDs. We included adults with acute pain (≤10 days) if an oral opioid was prescribed. Exclusion criteria were recent opioid use and use of any analgesics regularly prior to onset of the pain. Research associates interviewed patients during the ED visit and 1 week and 6 months later. The primary outcome, chronic pain, was defined as pain on > 50% of days since ED discharge. We constructed logistic regression models to evaluate the association between persistent pain 1 week after an ED visit and chronic pain, while adjusting for demographic and treatment variables.
resultsDuring a 9-month period, we approached 733 patients for participation and enrolled 484; 450 of 484 (93%) provided 1-week outcomes data and 410 of 484 (85%) provided 6-month outcomes data. One week after the ED visit, 348 of 453 (77%; 95% confidence interval [CI] 73-80%) patients reported pain in the affected area. New-onset chronic pain at 6 months was reported by 110 of 408 (27%; 95% CI 23-31%) patients. Presence of pain 1 week after ED visit was associated with chronic pain (odds ratio 3.6; 95% CI 1.6-8.5).
conclusionsAbout one-quarter of ED patients with acute pain transition to chronic pain within 6 months. Persistence of pain 1 week after the ED visit can identify patients at risk of transition.
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