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RESEARCH TYPE:
Psychology


Human Studies


2020 Nov 10


Eur J Pain

Predicting long-term postsurgical pain by examining the evolution of acute pain.

Authors

Smith CR, Baharloo R, Nickerson P, Wallace M, Zou B, Fillingim RB, Crispen P, Parvataneni H, Gray C, Prieto H, Machuca T, Hughes S, Murad G, Rashidi P, Tighe PJ
Eur J Pain. 2020 Nov 10.
PMID: 33171546.

Abstract

Increased acute postoperative pain intensity has been associated with the development of persistent postsurgical pain (PPP) in mechanistic and clinical investigations, but it remains unclear which aspects of acute pain explain this linkage.