Interdisciplinary Management
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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) can be a very difficult condition to treat successfully. Not only is the syndrome biomedically multifaceted, comprising both central and peripheral pathophysiology, but it also frequently contains psychosocial components that are additional pivotal diagnostic features (and thus, treatment targets). The array of possible patient presentations and the fact that the presentation often changes over time also complicate successful identification and treatment. To further add to the clinical challenges of managing CRPS, the epidemiology and natural history of CRPS are only superficially known; evidence concerning CRPS treatment has developed slowly, due in large part to the vagaries of diagnosis (see section 1); and, moreover, research data — when they are available — are challenging to interpret. Given these obstacles to diagnosis, treatment, and research, how is a specialist to embark on a path towards the successful treatment of such a complicated and partially understood condition? The only treatment methodology that can possibly successfully span these gaps in medical science is a systematic and orderly interdisciplinary approach. Interdisciplinary treatment is defined (here) as a dedicated, coherent, coordinated, specially trained group of relevant professionals that meet regularly to plan, coordinate care, and adapt to treatment eventualities.
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تاریخ انتشار 2007