The number of central nervous system-driven symptoms predicts subsequent chronic primary pain. Response to Br J Anaesth 2025; 135: 493-4 and 135: 495-6.

Eoin M Kelleher, Chelsea M Kaplan, Andrew Schrepf, Irene Tracey, Daniel J Clauw, Anushka Irani

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Article in British journal of anaesthesia, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Eoin M KelleherNuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: ekelleher11@mgh.harvard.edu.

Chelsea M KaplanChronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Andrew SchrepfDepartment of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.

Irene TraceyNuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Daniel J ClauwChronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Anushka IraniNuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Department of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.

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chronic painepidemiologyneuropathic painnociplastic painprimary painUK Biobank

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PMID40883207

DOI10.1016/j.bja.2025.07.074

PMCPMC12597355

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