{{ (moduleVm.actions && moduleVm.changeStatus) ? moduleVm.status : '' }} Neuropathic Pain: A Review of Pathophysiology, Presentation, and Management - Vol. 35, No. 8

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Description

Method of Participation in the Learning Process/Evaluation Method

Successful completion of this activity includes reading the entire article and successfully completing the post-quiz and an evaluation form.

Getting the Most out of the Activity

As you prepare to participate in this activity, please reflect on your practice and your patients and identify clinical challenges you hope to have addressed.

While participating in the training, identify ways you can use newly acquired knowledge, strategies, and skills to enhance patient outcomes and your own professional development.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Define neuropathic pain and differentiate between central and peripheral sensitization.
  2. Explain how pain signals are transmitted to the brain and how neuropathic pain differs from nociceptive pain.
  3. Assess common types of neuropathic pain and their treatment.

Disclosures

The authors, faculty and staff in a position to control the content of this CME activity, and their spouses/life partners (if any), have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with, or financial interests in, any commercial organizations relevant to this CME activity.

Price: $49.00

Credits:

  • ACCME 1.5 CME

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Planner
Professions: Physician
Test Code: TPM0320
Published: March 2020
Expires: 1/1/2026
Sources: Topics in Pain Management
Required Passing Score: 7/10 (70%)
Authors: Harsh R. Shah, DO, MS, Eileen Kodack, DO, and Joseph Walker III, MD
Categories: Pain Management
Specialties: Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine, Pain Management
Topics: Neuropathic Pain