Severe, continuing pain, disproportionate to any inciting event
Manifested by four clinical characteristics: based on Budapest criteria:
Intense pain
Vasomotor disturbances
Sudomotor (sw...
Clinical diagnosis
Positive response to sympathetic block confirms the presence of sympathetically mediated pain.
Laboratory and imaging studies are only indicated if diagnosis is uncertain.
Usually more effective early in disease 4[B]
Follow a stepwise approach, starting with least risky/invasive and progressing to more invasive as needed 1[C].
An interdisciplinary program seems ...
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Complex regional pain syndrome. In: Armstrong AD, Hubbard MC, eds. Essentials of Musculoskeletal Care. 5th ed. Rosemont, IL: American Aca...
Clinical diagnosis of an exaggerated response to injury of a limb with intense prolonged pain, vasomotor disturbances, delayed functional recovery, and trophic changes
Pathology is uncl...
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