Structured Summary
Abstract
Persistent pain that is refractory to some or all forms of treatment.
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- Pain, Intractable
- Refractory Pain
- Pain, Refractory
- Pains, Refractory
- Refractory Pains
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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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usually chronic, so do not coordinate with CHRONIC PAIN
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History Note
1974
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Intractable Pain. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010148. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010148
- Intractable Pain. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intractable_pain
- Intractable Pain. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17147916