Management of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1 with Barbiturate Coma Therapy: A case report / 대한통증학회지
The Korean Journal of Pain
;
: 213-217, 2006.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-17823
ABSTRACT
Although various treatments for complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) have been proposed, no well recognized treatment for CRPS has been established. Herein, a case using barbiturate coma therapy for the refractory pain management of a 24-year-old male patient, who suffered from constant stabbing and burning pain, with severe touch allodynia in the left upper extremity following blunt trauma on his forearm is described. Interventional treatments, including permanent spinal cord stimulation and large doses of oral medications, were performed. However, the pain could not be controlled, which lead to frequent emergency room treatment for about 1 month prior to his therapy. He then underwent barbiturate coma therapy due to the uncontrollable pain, with repeated sedation therapy due to his outrageous behavior. His pain became increasingly tolerable and the allodynia was markedly decreased after 5 days of coma therapy.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pain, Intractable
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Burns
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Coma
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Upper Extremity
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Emergency Service, Hospital
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Spinal Cord Stimulation
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Forearm
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Hyperalgesia
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Pain
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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