Denying the Truth Does Not Change the Facts: A Systematic Analysis of Pseudoscientific Denial of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

Krishna D BharwaniA B KerstenA L StoneF BirkleinS BruehlM DirckxPeter D DrummondJ GierthmühlenA GoebelL KnudsenF J P M Huygen

Published in: Journal of pain research (2021)

The level of evidence for the claim that CRPS does not exist is very weak. Published accounts concluding that CRPS does not exist, in the absence of primary evidence to underpin them, can harm patients by encouraging dismissal of patients' signs and symptoms.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
physical activity
depressive symptoms