TY - JOUR
T1 - Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome
T2 - Consensus report of an ad hoc committee of the american association for hand surgery on the definition of reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome
AU - Amadio, Peter C.
AU - Mackinnon, Susan E.
AU - Merritt, Wyndell H.
AU - Brody, Garry S.
AU - Terzis, Julia K.
PY - 1991/2
Y1 - 1991/2
N2 - This report proposes that reflex sympathetic dystrophy be defined as a pain syndrome in which the pain is accompanied by loss of function and evidence of autonomic dysfunction. In the clinical setting, this diagnosis is usually associated with other anatomic and psychological diagnoses and may be associated with a variety of systemic illnesses and medicolegal factors. All components should be assessed before a treatment plan is established. Priorities should go to emergency care, acute injuries, and systemic illness, psychiatric problems, and chronic anatomic problems, in that order. Early, accurate diagnosis improves prognosis.
AB - This report proposes that reflex sympathetic dystrophy be defined as a pain syndrome in which the pain is accompanied by loss of function and evidence of autonomic dysfunction. In the clinical setting, this diagnosis is usually associated with other anatomic and psychological diagnoses and may be associated with a variety of systemic illnesses and medicolegal factors. All components should be assessed before a treatment plan is established. Priorities should go to emergency care, acute injuries, and systemic illness, psychiatric problems, and chronic anatomic problems, in that order. Early, accurate diagnosis improves prognosis.
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U2 - 10.1097/00006534-199102000-00023
DO - 10.1097/00006534-199102000-00023
M3 - Article
C2 - 1989033
AN - SCOPUS:0025979438
SN - 0032-1052
VL - 87
SP - 371
EP - 375
JO - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
JF - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
IS - 2
ER -