Preclinical Pain Research: Can We Do Better?

(Abstracted from Anesthesiology, 125(5):846–849, 2016) This special review article addressed the current state of acute and chronic pain research and treatment. A recent survey suggested that more than 60% of patients experience moderate to extreme levels of pain postoperatively and 25% of the US population suffers from chronic pain, a problem costing the economy hundreds of billions of dollars annually.
Source: Survey of Anesthesiology - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Regional Anesthesia and Pain Control Source Type: research