Hung-Lun John Hsia

Journal Article Pain Med · March 1, 2017 OBJECTIVE: To review acute pain management strategies in patients undergoing amputation with consideration of preoperative patient factors, pharmacologic/interventional modalities, and multidisciplinary care models to alleviate suffering in the immediate p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pain Phenotypes and Associated Clinical Risk Factors Following Traumatic Amputation: Results from Veterans Integrated Pain Evaluation Research (VIPER).

Journal Article Pain Med · January 2016 OBJECTIVE: To define clinical phenotypes of postamputation pain and identify markers of risk for the development of chronic pain. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of military service members enrolled 3-18 months after traumatic amputation injury. SETTING: Mil ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Causes and prevention of chronic postsurgical pain.

Journal Article Curr Opin Crit Care · August 2012 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Surgical incision invariably causes some measure of nerve damage and inflammatory response that, in most cases, heals quickly without long-term negative consequence. However, a subset of these patients go on to develop lasting neuropathi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adenylate cyclase toxin (ACT) from Bordetella hinzii: characterization and differences from ACT of Bordetella pertussis.

Journal Article J Bacteriol · November 2005 Bordetella hinzii is a commensal respiratory microorganism in poultry but is increasingly being recognized as an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised humans. Although associated with a variety of disease states, practically nothing is known about th ... Full text Link to item Cite

The vesicular glutamate transporter 1 (xVGlut1) is expressed in discrete regions of the developing Xenopus laevis nervous system.

Journal Article Gene Expr Patterns · August 2003 As the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the vertebrate nervous system, glutamate not only plays an essential role in adult neural signaling, but has also been implicated as a trophic factor in neuronal cell maturation, differentiation, and survival. An ... Full text Link to item Cite