Diseases

Acute Pain

Intensely discomforting, distressful, or agonizing sensation associated with trauma or disease, with well-defined location, character, and timing.

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Abstract

Intensely discomforting, distressful, or agonizing sensation associated with trauma or disease, with well-defined location, character, and timing.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Acute Pains
  • Pain, Acute
  • Pains, Acute

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2012

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Previous Indexing

  • Pain (1963-2011)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Acute Pain. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D059787. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D059787
  2. Acute Pain. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16534541