"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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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Whiteman LN, Lanzkron S, Stewart RW, Haywood C, Strouse JJ, Feldman L. Quality improvement process in a sickle cell infusion center. Am J Med. 2015 May; 128(5):541-4.
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Santos C, Herrine SK. Making the best of a bad situation: early chronic nosocomial HCV infection. Dig Dis Sci. 2010 Jun; 55(6):1509-11.
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Tietjen GE, Brandes JL, Peterlin BL, Eloff A, Dafer RM, Stein MR, Drexler E, Martin VT, Hutchinson S, Aurora SK, Recober A, Herial NA, Utley C, White L, Khuder SA. Childhood maltreatment and migraine (part I). Prevalence and adult revictimization: a multicenter headache clinic survey. Headache. 2010 Jan; 50(1):20-31.
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Marmura MJ, Abbas M, Ashkenazi A. Dynamic mechanical (brush) allodynia in cluster headache: a prevalence study in a tertiary headache clinic. J Headache Pain. 2009 Aug; 10(4):255-8.
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Sheftell FD, Feleppa M, Tepper SJ, Volcy M, Rapoport AM, Bigal ME. Patterns of use of triptans and reasons for switching them in a tertiary care migraine population. Headache. 2004 Jul-Aug; 44(7):661-8.
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Bigal ME, Lipton RB, Silberstein SD. Re: chronic daily headache in children and adolescents presenting to tertiary headache clinics. Headache. 2003 Apr; 43(4):419-21.