Pain Management Research Review

Below are the issues covered in the latest issue of Pain Management Research Review. You can register for free at Australian Research Review to receive the full text of the topics below and links to the relevant journal articles. Other topics covered on the site include cardiology, psychiatry, neurology and paediatrics etc.

• UK pathway for initial assessment and management of pain
• Glucocorticoids for neuropathic pain: emphasis on intrathecal methylprednisolone
• Topical treatment of microvascular dysfunction of chronic postischaemic pain
• Procedure-specific risk factors for severe postoperative pain
• Pain after adenoidectomy and adenotonsillectomy in children
• Risk factors for cement leakage during percutaneous vertebroplasty
• Osteoprotegerin as biomarker for impaired bone metabolism in CRPS
• Dexketoprofen for migraine attacks
• Long- vs. short-acting opioids for chronic nonmalignant pain
• Epidural particulate vs. nonparticulate steroid for lumbar disc hernia pain