"Pain Clinics" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
	MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, 
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				Facilities providing diagnostic, therapeutic, and palliative services for patients with severe chronic pain. These may be free-standing clinics or hospital-based and serve ambulatory or inpatient populations. The approach is usually multidisciplinary. These clinics are often referred to as "acute pain services". (From Br Med Bull 1991 Jul;47(3):762-85)
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D018710 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | N02.278.035.380.600 N02.278.216.500.968.527.600 N04.452.442.422.527.600 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | Pain ClinicsPain ClinicsClinic, PainClinics, PainPain ClinicPain Relief UnitsPain Relief UnitUnit, Pain ReliefUnits, Pain ReliefPain CentersCenter, PainCenters, PainPain Center
 Multidisciplinary Pain CentersMultidisciplinary Pain CentersCenter, Multidisciplinary PainCenters, Multidisciplinary PainMultidisciplinary Pain CenterPain Center, MultidisciplinaryPain Centers, Multidisciplinary
 Multidisciplinary Pain ClinicsMultidisciplinary Pain ClinicsClinic, Multidisciplinary PainClinics, Multidisciplinary PainMultidisciplinary Pain ClinicPain Clinic, MultidisciplinaryPain Clinics, Multidisciplinary
 Acute Pain ServiceAcute Pain ServicePain Service, AcuteAcute Pain ServicesPain Services, AcuteService, Acute PainServices, Acute Pain
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Pain Clinics" by people in Profiles.
						
					
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								Regional anesthesia and the acute pain service: compliance and controversies. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2022 Apr 01; 35(2):224-229. 
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								A study protocol for a single-blind, randomized controlled trial of adjunctive transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for chronic pain among patients receiving specialized, inpatient multimodal pain management. Contemp Clin Trials. 2017 03; 54:36-47. 
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								Predictors of placebo response in pooled lamotrigine neuropathic pain clinical trials. Clin J Pain. 2009 Jul-Aug; 25(6):469-76. 
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								Prescription opioid aberrant behaviors: a pilot study of sex differences. Clin J Pain. 2009 Jul-Aug; 25(6):477-84. 
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								Characteristics and outcomes of patients discharged from the Opioid Renewal Clinic at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center. Am J Addict. 2009 Mar-Apr; 18(2):135-9. 
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								Perioperative pain management in the opioid-tolerant individual. J Pain. 2008 May; 9(5):383-7.