U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Format

Send to:

Choose Destination

Terrifying Pain

MedGen UID:
768652
•Concept ID:
C3640012
•
Sign or Symptom

Definition

A sensation of discomfort or distress that is frightening or scary. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVTerrifying Pain

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Pain management in the critically ill child.
Yaster M, Nichols DG
Indian J Pediatr 2001 Aug;68(8):749-69. doi: 10.1007/BF02752416. PMID: 11563253

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Ocular Pain and Impending Blindness During Facial Cosmetic Injections: Is Your Office Prepared?
Prado G, Rodríguez-Feliz J
Aesthetic Plast Surg 2017 Feb;41(1):199-203. Epub 2016 Dec 28 doi: 10.1007/s00266-016-0728-4. PMID: 28032150
Determinants of opioid efficiency in cancer pain: a comprehensive multivariate analysis from a tertiary cancer centre.
Goksu SS, Bozcuk H, Uysal M, Ulukal E, Ay S, Karasu G, Soydas T, Coskun HS, Ozdogan M, Savas B
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2014;15(21):9301-5. doi: 10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.21.9301. PMID: 25422216
Prevalence and psychosocial factors of anxiety and depression in breast cancer patients.
Lueboonthavatchai P
J Med Assoc Thai 2007 Oct;90(10):2164-74. PMID: 18041438
Word descriptors in suspected acute myocardial infarction: a comparison between patients with and without confirmed myocardial infarction.
Hofgren C, Karlson BW, Gaston-Johansson F, Herlitz J
Heart Lung 1994 Sep-Oct;23(5):397-403. PMID: 7989208

Diagnosis

How to respond rapidly when chest pain strikes your patient has severe, terrifying chest pain.
Fowler JP
Nursing 1996 Apr;26(4):42-3. PMID: 8710268
Word descriptors in suspected acute myocardial infarction: a comparison between patients with and without confirmed myocardial infarction.
Hofgren C, Karlson BW, Gaston-Johansson F, Herlitz J
Heart Lung 1994 Sep-Oct;23(5):397-403. PMID: 7989208
A baseline study for the development of an instrument for the assessment of pain.
Gaston-Johansson F, Asklund-Gustafsson M
J Adv Nurs 1985 Nov;10(6):539-46. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1985.tb00545.x. PMID: 3853569

Therapy

Ketamine: Safe Until It's Not - A Terrifying Trip to the K-Hole.
Simon E
J Emerg Med 2019 Oct;57(4):587-588. Epub 2019 Sep 24 doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2019.06.046. PMID: 31561930
Nanohybrid hydrogels designed for transbuccal anesthesia.
Ribeiro LNM, Franz-Montan M, Breitkreitz MC, Rodrigues da Silva GH, de Castro SR, Guilherme VA, de Araújo DR, de Paula E
Int J Nanomedicine 2018;13:6453-6463. Epub 2018 Oct 15 doi: 10.2147/IJN.S180080. PMID: 30410331Free PMC Article
Ocular Pain and Impending Blindness During Facial Cosmetic Injections: Is Your Office Prepared?
Prado G, Rodríguez-Feliz J
Aesthetic Plast Surg 2017 Feb;41(1):199-203. Epub 2016 Dec 28 doi: 10.1007/s00266-016-0728-4. PMID: 28032150
Determinants of opioid efficiency in cancer pain: a comprehensive multivariate analysis from a tertiary cancer centre.
Goksu SS, Bozcuk H, Uysal M, Ulukal E, Ay S, Karasu G, Soydas T, Coskun HS, Ozdogan M, Savas B
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2014;15(21):9301-5. doi: 10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.21.9301. PMID: 25422216
Pain management in the critically ill child.
Yaster M, Nichols DG
Indian J Pediatr 2001 Aug;68(8):749-69. doi: 10.1007/BF02752416. PMID: 11563253

Prognosis

Ocular Pain and Impending Blindness During Facial Cosmetic Injections: Is Your Office Prepared?
Prado G, Rodríguez-Feliz J
Aesthetic Plast Surg 2017 Feb;41(1):199-203. Epub 2016 Dec 28 doi: 10.1007/s00266-016-0728-4. PMID: 28032150
Determinants of opioid efficiency in cancer pain: a comprehensive multivariate analysis from a tertiary cancer centre.
Goksu SS, Bozcuk H, Uysal M, Ulukal E, Ay S, Karasu G, Soydas T, Coskun HS, Ozdogan M, Savas B
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2014;15(21):9301-5. doi: 10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.21.9301. PMID: 25422216
Prevalence and psychosocial factors of anxiety and depression in breast cancer patients.
Lueboonthavatchai P
J Med Assoc Thai 2007 Oct;90(10):2164-74. PMID: 18041438
Anne Frank's headache.
de Almeida RF, Kowacs PA
Cephalalgia 2007 Nov;27(11):1215-8. Epub 2007 Sep 10 doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2007.01425.x. PMID: 17850353

Clinical prediction guides

Determinants of opioid efficiency in cancer pain: a comprehensive multivariate analysis from a tertiary cancer centre.
Goksu SS, Bozcuk H, Uysal M, Ulukal E, Ay S, Karasu G, Soydas T, Coskun HS, Ozdogan M, Savas B
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2014;15(21):9301-5. doi: 10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.21.9301. PMID: 25422216
Prevalence and psychosocial factors of anxiety and depression in breast cancer patients.
Lueboonthavatchai P
J Med Assoc Thai 2007 Oct;90(10):2164-74. PMID: 18041438

Supplemental Content

Table of contents

    Practice guidelines

    • PubMed
      See practice and clinical guidelines in PubMed. The search results may include broader topics and may not capture all published guidelines. See the FAQ for details.
    • Bookshelf
      See practice and clinical guidelines in NCBI Bookshelf. The search results may include broader topics and may not capture all published guidelines. See the FAQ for details.

    Recent activity

    Clear Turn Off Turn On

    Your browsing activity is empty.

    Activity recording is turned off.

    Turn recording back on

    See more...