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Pain Clinics MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Pain Clinics
Tree Number(s)
N02.278.035.380.600
N02.278.216.500.968.527.600
N04.452.442.452.422.527.600
Unique ID
D018710
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018710
Annotation
for diag & ther; coord IM with specific dis (IM) if pertinent
Scope Note
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)
Entry Term(s)
Acute Pain Service
Multidisciplinary Pain Centers
Multidisciplinary Pain Clinics
Pain Centers
Pain Relief Units
Pain Service, Acute
Previous Indexing
Pain (1966-1994)
Public MeSH Note
95
History Note
95
Date Established
1995/01/01
Date of Entry
1994/05/23
Revision Date
2019/07/09
Pain Clinics Preferred
Multidisciplinary Pain Clinics Narrower
Acute Pain Service Narrower
Multidisciplinary Pain Centers Narrower
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