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Gender differences in acute and chronic pain in the emergency department: results of the 2014 Academic Emergency Medicine consensus conference pain section.

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Musey, PI; Linnstaedt, SD; Platts-Mills, TF; Miner, JR; Bortsov, AV; Safdar, B; Bijur, P; Rosenau, A; Tsze, DS; Chang, AK; Dorai, S; Engel, KG ...
Published in: Acad Emerg Med
December 2014

Pain is a leading public health problem in the United States, with an annual economic burden of more than $630 billion, and is one of the most common reasons that individuals seek emergency department (ED) care. There is a paucity of data regarding sex differences in the assessment and treatment of acute and chronic pain conditions in the ED. The Academic Emergency Medicine consensus conference convened in Dallas, Texas, in May 2014 to develop a research agenda to address this issue among others related to sex differences in the ED. Prior to the conference, experts and stakeholders from emergency medicine and the pain research field reviewed the current literature and identified eight candidate priority areas. At the conference, these eight areas were reviewed and all eight were ratified using a nominal group technique to build consensus. These priority areas were: 1) gender differences in the pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions for pain, including differences in opioid tolerance, side effects, or misuse; 2) gender differences in pain severity perceptions, clinically meaningful differences in acute pain, and pain treatment preferences; 3) gender differences in pain outcomes of ED patients across the life span; 4) gender differences in the relationship between acute pain and acute psychological responses; 5) the influence of physician-patient gender differences and characteristics on the assessment and treatment of pain; 6) gender differences in the influence of acute stress and chronic stress on acute pain responses; 7) gender differences in biological mechanisms and molecular pathways mediating acute pain in ED populations; and 8) gender differences in biological mechanisms and molecular pathways mediating chronic pain development after trauma, stress, or acute illness exposure. These areas represent priority areas for future scientific inquiry, and gaining understanding in these will be essential to improving our understanding of sex and gender differences in the assessment and treatment of pain conditions in emergency care settings.

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Acad Emerg Med

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1553-2712

Publication Date

December 2014

Volume

21

Issue

12

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1421 / 1430

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Texas
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Sex Factors
  • Sex Characteristics
  • Public Health
  • Physician-Patient Relations
  • Pain Measurement
  • Pain Management
  • Pain
 

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Musey, P. I., Linnstaedt, S. D., Platts-Mills, T. F., Miner, J. R., Bortsov, A. V., Safdar, B., … McLean, S. A. (2014). Gender differences in acute and chronic pain in the emergency department: results of the 2014 Academic Emergency Medicine consensus conference pain section. In Acad Emerg Med (Vol. 21, pp. 1421–1430). United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.12529
Musey, Paul I., Sarah D. Linnstaedt, Timothy F. Platts-Mills, James R. Miner, Andrey V. Bortsov, Basmah Safdar, Polly Bijur, et al. “Gender differences in acute and chronic pain in the emergency department: results of the 2014 Academic Emergency Medicine consensus conference pain section.” In Acad Emerg Med, 21:1421–30, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.12529.
Musey PI, Linnstaedt SD, Platts-Mills TF, Miner JR, Bortsov AV, Safdar B, et al. Gender differences in acute and chronic pain in the emergency department: results of the 2014 Academic Emergency Medicine consensus conference pain section. In: Acad Emerg Med. 2014. p. 1421–30.
Musey, Paul I., et al. “Gender differences in acute and chronic pain in the emergency department: results of the 2014 Academic Emergency Medicine consensus conference pain section.Acad Emerg Med, vol. 21, no. 12, 2014, pp. 1421–30. Pubmed, doi:10.1111/acem.12529.
Musey PI, Linnstaedt SD, Platts-Mills TF, Miner JR, Bortsov AV, Safdar B, Bijur P, Rosenau A, Tsze DS, Chang AK, Dorai S, Engel KG, Feldman JA, Fusaro AM, Lee DC, Rosenberg M, Keefe FJ, Peak DA, Nam CS, Patel RG, Fillingim RB, McLean SA. Gender differences in acute and chronic pain in the emergency department: results of the 2014 Academic Emergency Medicine consensus conference pain section. Acad Emerg Med. 2014. p. 1421–1430.
Journal cover image

Published In

Acad Emerg Med

DOI

EISSN

1553-2712

Publication Date

December 2014

Volume

21

Issue

12

Start / End Page

1421 / 1430

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Texas
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Sex Factors
  • Sex Characteristics
  • Public Health
  • Physician-Patient Relations
  • Pain Measurement
  • Pain Management
  • Pain