"Chronic Pain" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Aching sensation that persists for more than a few months. It may or may not be associated with trauma or disease, and may persist after the initial injury has healed. Its localization, character, and timing are more vague than with acute pain.
| Descriptor ID |
D059350
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.592.612.274
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| Concept/Terms |
Chronic Pain- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Pains
- Pains, Chronic
- Pain, Chronic
Widespread Chronic Pain- Widespread Chronic Pain
- Chronic Pain, Widespread
- Chronic Pains, Widespread
- Pain, Widespread Chronic
- Pains, Widespread Chronic
- Widespread Chronic Pains
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2016 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 2017 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2018 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2019 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2022 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| 2023 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2025 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chronic Pain" by people in Profiles.
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Use of corticosteroids for adult chronic pain interventions: sympathetic and peripheral nerve blocks, trigger point injections - guidelines from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, and the International Pain and Spine Intervention Society. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2026 Jun 05; 51(6):642-659.
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Negative Descriptors of Patients With Sickle Cell Disease in the Electronic Health Record. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 04 01; 9(4):e266458.
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Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Low Back Pain: A Review of the Recent Literature. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2025 Dec 05; 29(1):120.
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Delphi Consensus Revealing the Thoughts of Pain Management and Referral Specialties on the Use of SCS for Chronic Back Pain Patients Not Suitable for Spine Surgery. Pain Pract. 2025 Sep; 25(7):e70069.
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Primary Care Clinician Perspectives on Older Adult Chronic Pain Management and Clinical Decision Support: Qualitative Study. JMIR Form Res. 2025 08 26; 9:e74381.
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Posterior Approach to Sacroiliac Joint Fusion as a Salvage Procedure: A Case Report. Pain Med Case Rep. 2025 Aug; 9(4):197-199.
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Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: A Scoping Review of Syndrome-Specific Instruments. Neurourol Urodyn. 2025 Aug; 44(6):1271-1289.
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Sex-specific genetics underlie increased chronic pain risk in women: genome-wide association studies from the UK Biobank. Br J Anaesth. 2025 Aug; 135(2):401-415.
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Identifying distinct subgroups with severe pain in sickle cell disease: A cluster analysis of the GRNDaD multi-center registry. PLoS One. 2025; 20(5):e0320889.
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Biological markers and psychosocial factors predict chronic pain conditions. Nat Hum Behav. 2025 Aug; 9(8):1710-1725.