Pain Management

"Pain Management" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A form of therapy that employs a coordinated and interdisciplinary approach for easing the suffering and improving the quality of life of those experiencing pain.

Descriptor ID	D059408
MeSH Number(s)	E02.745 N04.590.607.500
Concept/Terms	Pain Management Pain Management Management, Pain Managements, Pain Pain Managements

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Pain Management".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Pain Management [E02.745]
Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Patient Care Management [N04.590]
Disease Management [N04.590.607]
Pain Management [N04.590.607.500]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Pain Management".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Pain Management".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pain Management" by people in this website by year, and whether "Pain Management" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 175 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 16 publications in 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	0	1	1
2002	1	0	1
2003	3	4	7
2004	0	2	2
2005	2	2	4
2006	1	0	1
2007	1	2	3
2008	7	0	7
2009	3	2	5
2010	3	2	5
2011	2	0	2
2012	5	3	8
2013	2	3	5
2014	8	3	11
2015	6	7	13
2016	7	5	12
2017	5	7	12
2018	9	7	16
2019	4	10	14
2020	9	4	13
2021	6	5	11
2022	0	10	10
2023	0	6	6
2024	1	3	4
2025	2	0	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Pain Management" by people in Profiles.

Forlenza EM, Nam D, Fillingham YA, Hamilton WG, Browne JA, Nunley RM, Pagnano MW, Kopp SL, Heckmann ND, Wilson JM, Hannon CP. Pain Management in Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: Evidence-Based and Controversial Practices in 2024. Instr Course Lect. 2025; 74:301-310.

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John G H, Joseph Albert A, Chen AF, Ilyas AM. Reducing Opioid Use in Orthopaedic Surgery. Instr Course Lect. 2025; 74:313-322.

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Reilly ED, Kelly MM, Grigorian HL, Waring ME, Quigley KS, Hogan TP, Heapy AA, Drebing CE, Volonte M, Kathawalla UK, Robins HE, Bernice K, Bickmore T. Virtual Coach-Guided Online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Pain: Pilot Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Form Res. 2024 Nov 08; 8:e56437.

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Gmora FL, Hynes AM. Out-of-Hospital Treatment for Acute Traumatic Pain: Ketamine as an Adjunct: October 2024 Annals of Emergency Medicine Journal Club. Ann Emerg Med. 2024 Oct; 84(4):461-463.

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Bradt J, Leader A, Worster B, Myers-Coffman K, Bryl K, Biondo J, Schneible B, Cottone C, Selvan P, Zhang F. Music Therapy for Pain Management for People With Advanced Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Psychooncology. 2024 Oct; 33(10):e70005.

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Ashare RL, Worster B, Nugent SM, Smith DM, Morasco BJ, Leader AE, Case AA, Meghani SH. Cannabis and opioid perceptions, co-use, and substitution among patients across 4 NCI-Designated Cancer Centers. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 2024 Aug 15; 2024(66):267-274.

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Prince E, Loeser P, Early M, Carroll CP, Lanzkron S, Pecker LH. "Buprenorphine, It Works so Differently": Adults with Sickle Cell Disease Describe Transitioning to Buprenorphine for Treatment of Chronic Pain. J Pain. 2024 Mar; 25(3):632-641.

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Liou KT, Ashare R, Worster B, Jones KF, Yeager KA, Acevedo AM, Ferrer R, Meghani SH. SIO-ASCO guideline on integrative medicine for cancer pain management: implications for racial and ethnic pain disparities. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2023 07 03; 7(4).

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Durling-Grover R, DiFazio LT, Adams JM, Kong K, Soliman SS, Hakakian D, Kaynan K, Rolandelli RH, Nemeth ZH. New legislation in New Jersey reduced opioid use among trauma patients. J Opioid Manag. 2023 Mar-Apr; 19(2):133-137.

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Heydinger G, Karthic A, Olbrecht VA. Paediatric pain management: from regional to virtual. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2023 Jun 01; 36(3):347-353.

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