Anaes SAQs · Chronic & cancer pain
The pain classification by mechanism
Primary — the nociceptive (the somatic, the visceral — the opioid and the NSAID responsive), the neuropathic (the burning, the allodynia, the hyperalgesia — the gabapentinoid, the SNRI, the TCA responsive), and the nociplastic (the central sensitisation, the multidisciplinary). The mixed pain.
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Classify the chronic pain by the mechanism (the nociceptive, the neuropathic, the nociplastic), and describe the clinical features and the management implications of each.
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Classify the chronic pain by the mechanism (the nociceptive, the neuropathic, the nociplastic), and describe the clinical features and the management implications of each.
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