Neuropathic pain in the acute pain service: a prospective survey

Transitional Pain Medicine: novel pharmacological treatments for the management of moderate to severe postsurgical pain

“…[29] A similar trend in patient trajectories was found within the TPS at TGH. [8] For this reason, we utilize the revised Canadian chronic neuropathic pain guidelines [30] for patients who have significant acute neuropathic pain in the immediate postoperative time period.…”

Pain Trajectories Identify Patients at Risk of Persistent Pain After Knee Arthroplasty: An Observational Study

“…Although data remain scarce, some studies have shown that neuropathic pain can be detected very early after surgery [9,15,18]. In one of those studies, Martinez et al [15] demonstrated the predictive value of a positive DN4 score at 48 hours for the development of neuropathic pain after iliac crest bone harvest.…”

Acute pain after total hip arthroplasty does not predict the development of chronic postsurgical pain 6 months later

“…Neuropathic pain (pain arising as a direct consequence of a lesion or disease affecting the somatosensory system) [2] has been implicated as a major contributor to the development of neuropathic pain [3,4]. A prospective longitudinal study examining patients that experienced intense neuropathic pain in the acute hospital period found that 56Vo of these patients reported chronic neuropathic pain I year postdischarge [5].…”