ReviewCureus2022
Reimagining How We Treat Acute Pain: A Narrative Review.
Review in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Role of Dexketoprofen/Tramadol in Multimodal Therapy to Prevent Acute Postsurgical and Acute Low Back Pain from Developing into Chronic Pain: A Delphi Consensus Study.Pain and therapy · 2026Article
- Sodium Channel Inhibitors in Clinical Development for Pain Management: A Focused Review.CNS drugs · 2026Review
- Direct cost of ultrasound-guided outpatient medical procedures for patients with pain.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2026Article
- Quality of Life in European Adults and Older with All-Over Pain: Relationship with Frequency of Moderate and Vigorous Physical Activity and Decision Prediction Models with Cross-Sectional Data.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Consensus Guidelines from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience for the Use of 60-Day Peripheral Nerve Stimulation Therapy. A NEURON Living Guideline Project.Journal of pain research · 2025Article
- Loco-Regional Anesthesia for Pain Management in Robotic Thoracic Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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- Novel Techniques for Musculoskeletal Pain Management after Orthopedic Surgical Procedures: A Systematic Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Authors and funding
7 authors at 6 institutions in 6 countries.
Funding
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Abstract
Acute pain may be influenced by biopsychosocial factors. Conditioned pain modulation, distraction, peripheral nerve stimulation, and cryoneurolysis may be helpful in its treatment. New developments in opioids, such as opioids with bifunctional targets and oliceridine, may be particularly suited for acute pain care. Allosteric modulators can enhance receptor subtype selectivity, offering analgesia with fewer and/or less severe side effects. Neuroinflammation in acute pain is caused by direct insult to the central nervous system and is distinct from neuroinflammation in degenerative disorders. Pharmacologic agents targeting the neuroinflammatory process are limited at this time. Postoperative pain is a prevalent form of acute pain and must be recognized as a global public health challenge. This type of pain may be severe, impede rehabilitation, and is often under-treated. A subset of surgical patients develops chronic postsurgical pain. Acute pain is not just temporally limited pain that often resolves on its own. It is an important subject for further research as acute pain may transition into more damaging and debilitating chronic pain. Reimagining how we treat acute pain will help us better address this urgent unmet medical need.
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