Open AccessPre-Existing Chronic Pain Influences the Severity of Acute Herpes Zoster Pain—A Prospective Observational Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Joachim Erlenwein,
KaiMartin Thoms,
Felix Brandebusemeyer,
M. Pfingsten,
Ashham Mansur,
Michael Quintel,
Michael P. Schön,
Frank Petzke
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pain medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1526-4637
pISSN - 1526-2375
DOI - 10.1093/pm/pnv116
Subject(s) - medicine , analgesic , chronic pain , cohort study , prospective cohort study , observational study , neuropathic pain , anesthesia , cohort , multivariate analysis , physical therapy
Pre-existing chronic pain has been associated with severe postoperative pain. To analyze the impact of chronic pain on non-surgical acute pain, a cohort of patients with acute herpes zoster was studied.
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