Pain patterns in chronic pancreatitis: a nationwide longitudinal cohort study.

Marinus Abraham KempeneersYama IssaRobert C VerdonkMarco BrunoP FockensHarry van GoorEline AlofsThomas L BollenStefan BouwenseAnne Sophie H M van DalenSusan van DierenHendrik M van DullemenErwin-Jan van GeenenChantal HogeJeanin E van HooftLiesbeth M KagerYolande KeulemansLynn E NooijenJan-Werner PoleyTom C J SeerdenAdriaan TanWillem ThijsRobin TimmerFrank VleggaarBen WittemanUsama Ahmed AliMarc G BesselinkMarja A BoermeesterHjalmar C van Santvoortnull null

Published in: Gut (2020)

Continuous and intermittent pain patterns in chronic pancreatitis do not seem to be the result of distinctly different pathophysiological entities. The subjectively reported character of pain is not related to imaging findings or disease duration. Pain patterns often change over time and are merely a feature of how severity of pain is experienced.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
machine learning
high resolution
spinal cord
mass spectrometry