Pain Management

"Pain Management" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A form of therapy that employs a coordinated and interdisciplinary approach for easing the suffering and improving the quality of life of those experiencing pain.

Descriptor ID	D059408
MeSH Number(s)	E02.745 N04.590.607.500
Concept/Terms	Pain Management Pain Management Management, Pain Managements, Pain Pain Managements

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Pain Management".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Pain Management [E02.745]
Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Patient Care Management [N04.590]
Disease Management [N04.590.607]
Pain Management [N04.590.607.500]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Pain Management".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pain Management" by people in this website by year, and whether "Pain Management" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 131 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 15 publications in 2025

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	0	1	1
2001	0	1	1
2002	0	1	1
2005	0	2	2
2006	1	1	2
2007	2	2	4
2008	0	1	1
2009	1	0	1
2010	2	0	2
2012	1	1	2
2013	6	1	7
2014	4	2	6
2015	4	2	6
2016	6	1	7
2017	8	4	12
2018	4	6	10
2019	7	5	12
2020	6	3	9
2021	2	4	6
2022	0	5	5
2023	0	1	1
2024	8	6	14
2025	11	4	15
2026	2	2	4

Below are the most recent publications written about "Pain Management" by people in Profiles.

Seal KH, Morasco BJ, Martin AM, Reddy KP, Van Iseghem TM, Bolton RE, Bokhour BG, Murphy J, Denneson LM, Esserman D, Buta E, Purcell N, Bertenthal D, Painter JT, Abadjian LR, Moore LC, Chan AC, McCamish N, Maguen S, Neylan TC, Gibson CJ, Becker WC. The Veterans Affairs' Whole Health Approach for Chronic Pain Management: The wHOPE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2026 May 26; 335(20):1774-1786.

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Zeliadt SB, Coggeshall SS, Bokhour B, Elwy AR, Kligler B, Der-Martirosian C, Rosser EW, Shin M, Toyama J, Upham ML, Zhang X, Taylor SL. Adding Self-Care Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies to Care for Chronic Pain: The Assessing Pain, Patient Reported Outcomes and Complementary Health (APPROACH) Study. Med Care. 2026 05 01; 64(5):283-292.

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Macias M, Driver L, Riscinti M, Dreyfuss A, Fung C, Perice L, Brown J, Jafry SZ, Nagdev A, Goldsmith A. Training level and analgesic outcomes of ultrasound-guided nerve blocks in the emergency department: An analysis from the NURVE block registry. Am J Emerg Med. 2026 May; 103:50-56.

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Mello MJ, Baird J, Spirito A, Scott K, Zonfrillo MR, Lee LK, Kiragu A, Christison-Lagay E, Bromberg J, Ruest S, Pruitt C, Lawson KA, Nasr IW, Aidlen JT, Becker S. Implementing an Education Intervention for Prescription Opioid Pain Medication at Pediatric Trauma Centers. Subst Use Misuse. 2026; 61(9):1477-1482.

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Cornelis FH, Resnick NJ, Barral M, Bauones S, Fritz J, Guenette JP, Jennings JW, Kastler A, Kelekis A, Levey A, Garcia Marcos R, Moussa M, Petsatodis E, Pua U, Ramalingam V, Razakamanantsoa L, Sag AA, Stacoffe N, Tutton S, Yevich S, Prologo JD, Filippiadis D. Interventional Management of Pain with Cryoneurolysis: Expert Consensus Recommendations for Standardizing Patient Selection and Techniques Based on Delphi Process. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2026 Mar; 49(3):585-593.

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Riera A, Lawson SL, Klekowski N, Moake MM, Snelling PJ, Toney AG, Ng C, Pade KH, The TS, Shaahinfar A, Chaudoin LT, Binder ZW. Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Block for Pediatric Femur Fractures: A Secondary Analysis of Needle Tip Distance. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2026 Feb 01; 42(2):e20-e25.

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Shaahinfar A, Klekowski N, Kangwa M, Parker MG, Binder ZW. Ultrasound-Guided Regional Analgesia in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2025 Oct 01; 41(10):828-839.

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Brown J, Milgrim F, Driver L, Meeker MA, Tucker R, Le NN, Nagdev A, Duggan NM, Martin D, Heffler M, Shokoohi H, Dreyfuss A, Fung C, Perice L, Truong N, Jafry SZ, Macias M, Riscinti M, Goldsmith A. Efficacy and Safety of Adjunct Medications in ED Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks: A National Ultrasound-Guided NeRVE (NURVE) Block Registry Study. Acad Emerg Med. 2025 12; 32(12):1299-1308.

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Brown J, Prats M, Stroud H, Goldsmith A, Nagdev A. High-Utility Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks for Emergency Department Use. J Emerg Med. 2025 Dec; 79:151-162.

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Reilly ED, Grigorian HL, Heapy AA, Etingen B, Kelly MM, Wolkowicz NR, Girouard CM, Hogan TP, Bernice K, Bickmore T. Assessment of Two Online Interventions for Veterans With Chronic Pain: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Efficacy Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Aug 13; 14:e70601.

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