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Acute pain

MedGen UID:
104540
Concept ID:
C0184567
Sign or Symptom
Synonyms: Acute Pain; Acute Pains; Pain, Acute; Pains, Acute
SNOMED CT: Acute pain (274663001)

Definition

A sensation of discomfort or distress that has a severe or rapid onset. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAcute pain

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Moussa N, Ogle OE
Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am 2022 Feb;34(1):35-47. Epub 2021 Nov 5 doi: 10.1016/j.coms.2021.08.014. PMID: 34750009
Small C, Laycock H
Br J Surg 2020 Jan;107(2):e70-e80. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11477. PMID: 31903595
Michaelides A, Zis P
Postgrad Med 2019 Sep;131(7):438-444. Epub 2019 Sep 12 doi: 10.1080/00325481.2019.1663705. PMID: 31482756

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Amaechi O, Huffman MM, Featherstone K
Am Fam Physician 2021 Jul 1;104(1):63-72. PMID: 34264611
Fandim JV, Nitzsche R, Michaleff ZA, Pena Costa LO, Saragiotto B
Pain Manag 2021 Jan;11(1):75-87. Epub 2020 Nov 25 doi: 10.2217/pmt-2020-0046. PMID: 33234017
Michaelides A, Zis P
Postgrad Med 2019 Sep;131(7):438-444. Epub 2019 Sep 12 doi: 10.1080/00325481.2019.1663705. PMID: 31482756
Karcioglu O, Topacoglu H, Dikme O, Dikme O
Am J Emerg Med 2018 Apr;36(4):707-714. Epub 2018 Jan 6 doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.01.008. PMID: 29321111
Cohen SP, Hooten WM
BMJ 2017 Aug 14;358:j3221. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j3221. PMID: 28807894

Diagnosis

Glare P, Aubrey KR, Myles PS
Lancet 2019 Apr 13;393(10180):1537-1546. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30352-6. PMID: 30983589
Karcioglu O, Topacoglu H, Dikme O, Dikme O
Am J Emerg Med 2018 Apr;36(4):707-714. Epub 2018 Jan 6 doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.01.008. PMID: 29321111
Cohen SP, Hooten WM
BMJ 2017 Aug 14;358:j3221. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j3221. PMID: 28807894
Lovich-Sapola J, Smith CE, Brandt CP
Surg Clin North Am 2015 Apr;95(2):301-18. Epub 2015 Jan 24 doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2014.10.002. PMID: 25814108
Allegri M, Clark MR, De Andrés J, Jensen TS
Minerva Anestesiol 2012 Feb;78(2):222-35. Epub 2011 Nov 18 PMID: 22095106

Therapy

IJzelenberg W, Oosterhuis T, Hayden JA, Koes BW, van Tulder MW, Rubinstein SM, de Zoete A
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2023 Aug 30;8(8):CD009365. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009365.pub2. PMID: 37646368Free PMC Article
Dowell D, Haegerich TM, Chou R
JAMA 2016 Apr 19;315(15):1624-45. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.1464. PMID: 26977696Free PMC Article
Furlan AD, Giraldo M, Baskwill A, Irvin E, Imamura M
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Sep 1;2015(9):CD001929. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001929.pub3. PMID: 26329399Free PMC Article
Gross A, Kay TM, Paquin JP, Blanchette S, Lalonde P, Christie T, Dupont G, Graham N, Burnie SJ, Gelley G, Goldsmith CH, Forget M, Hoving JL, Brønfort G, Santaguida PL; Cervical Overview Group
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Jan 28;1(1):CD004250. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004250.pub5. PMID: 25629215Free PMC Article
Deyo RA, Von Korff M, Duhrkoop D
BMJ 2015 Jan 5;350:g6380. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g6380. PMID: 25561513Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Amaechi O, Huffman MM, Featherstone K
Am Fam Physician 2021 Jul 1;104(1):63-72. PMID: 34264611
Fandim JV, Nitzsche R, Michaleff ZA, Pena Costa LO, Saragiotto B
Pain Manag 2021 Jan;11(1):75-87. Epub 2020 Nov 25 doi: 10.2217/pmt-2020-0046. PMID: 33234017
Pergolizzi JV, Magnusson P, LeQuang JA, Gharibo C, Varrassi G
Expert Opin Pharmacother 2020 Apr;21(5):591-601. Epub 2020 Feb 6 doi: 10.1080/14656566.2020.1718651. PMID: 32027199
Fregoso G, Wang A, Tseng K, Wang J
Pain Physician 2019 Sep;22(5):479-488. PMID: 31561647
Casser HR, Seddigh S, Rauschmann M
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2016 Apr 1;113(13):223-34. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2016.0223. PMID: 27120496Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Huang Q, Lin J, Han R, Peng C, Huang A
Value Health 2022 Feb;25(2):288-301. Epub 2021 Oct 8 doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2021.04.1285. PMID: 35094802
Balzer N, McLeod SL, Walsh C, Grewal K
Acad Emerg Med 2021 Apr;28(4):444-454. Epub 2021 Jan 2 doi: 10.1111/acem.14159. PMID: 33098707
Chuan A, Zhou JJ, Hou RM, Stevens CJ, Bogdanovych A
Anaesthesia 2021 May;76(5):695-704. Epub 2020 Jul 27 doi: 10.1111/anae.15202. PMID: 32720308
Karcioglu O, Topacoglu H, Dikme O, Dikme O
Am J Emerg Med 2018 Apr;36(4):707-714. Epub 2018 Jan 6 doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.01.008. PMID: 29321111
Bijur PE, Silver W, Gallagher EJ
Acad Emerg Med 2001 Dec;8(12):1153-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb01132.x. PMID: 11733293

Recent systematic reviews

Almeida MO, Narciso Garcia A, Menezes Costa LC, van Tulder MW, Lin CC, Machado LA
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2023 Apr 5;4(4):CD009711. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009711.pub2. PMID: 37017272Free PMC Article
Karcioglu O, Topacoglu H, Dikme O, Dikme O
Am J Emerg Med 2018 Apr;36(4):707-714. Epub 2018 Jan 6 doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.01.008. PMID: 29321111
Derry S, Wiffen PJ, Kalso EA, Bell RF, Aldington D, Phillips T, Gaskell H, Moore RA
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 May 12;5(5):CD008609. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008609.pub2. PMID: 28497473Free PMC Article
Furlan AD, Giraldo M, Baskwill A, Irvin E, Imamura M
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Sep 1;2015(9):CD001929. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001929.pub3. PMID: 26329399Free PMC Article
Gross A, Kay TM, Paquin JP, Blanchette S, Lalonde P, Christie T, Dupont G, Graham N, Burnie SJ, Gelley G, Goldsmith CH, Forget M, Hoving JL, Brønfort G, Santaguida PL; Cervical Overview Group
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Jan 28;1(1):CD004250. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004250.pub5. PMID: 25629215Free PMC Article

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