International Association for the Study of Pain

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Notes from the Secretariat

IASP Wait-Times Recommendations

It is established that patients suffering with chronic pain deteriorate while waiting for treatment. The IASP Task Force on Wait-Times has developed a set of recommendations specific for wait-times for treatment of chronic pain:

Most urgent (1 week): acute painful severe condition with risk of deterioration or chronicity (new CRPS) or pain related to cancer or terminal or end stage illness (acute herpes zoster also requires urgent treatment but ideally should be treated at the primary care level rather than requiring a pain specialist service)

Urgent or semi-urgent (1 month): severe undiagnosed or progressive pain and risk of increasing functional impairment generally 6 months duration or less (back pain not resolving, neuropathic pain, post surgical or post traumatic pain)

Routine or regular (4 months): persistent long-term pain without significant progression

Click here to read the full summary. IASP members will be asked to contribute their comments on these recommendations.

First International Pain Summit

On September 3, 2010, IASP will hold the first International Pain Summit at the Palais des congrès de Montréal immediately following the 13th World Congress on Pain. Worldwide, there is increasing awareness of the human suffering, health care burden, and economic impact created by under-treated pain of all types, including acute pain, chronic pain, pain caused by health conditions such as cancer and HIV/AIDS, and pain caused by treatments such as surgery and radiotherapy.

The International Pain Summit in Montréal will be the first global meeting about the crucial aspects of pain management, with a focus on advocacy and assistance for all countries to develop national pain strategies.

Global Year Against Musculoskeletal Pain

New Videos about Musculoskeletal Pain

IASP Global Year Co-Chairs Dr. Lars Arendt-Nielsen of the University of Aalborg, Denmark, and Dr. Kathleen A. Sluka of the University of Iowa, USA, coordinated the production of three short videos about musculoskeletal pain. This first video introduces the concept of musculoskeletal pain and the importance of understanding it.

Check out the Global Year Against Musculoskeletal Pain Resources page to see the other two videos!

World Congress on Pain

Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner Now Available!

Search the Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner for interesting posters and presentations, and then add them to a schedule that you can then download to an online calendar or mobile device. Start planning your Congress experience now!

Publications from IASP

Pain: Clinical Updates
Volume XVIII, Issue 5
July 2010: Do Animal Models Tell Us about Human Pain?
Authors: B. Duncan X. Lascelles, Paul A. Flecknell

IASP Newsletter
(IASP Members Only)
June/July 2010, Issue #2
"Pre-Congress Message from the President"

New from IASP Press:

Pharmacology of Pain
Editors: Pierre Beaulieu,
David Lussier, Frank Porreca, and Anthony Dickenson
List Price: US$100.00
IASP Member Price: US$80.00

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