Harald Breivik M.D., D.M.Sc. (Deputy Editor-in-Chief)
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国际疼痛研究协会(IASP)于30年前由疼痛医学领域富有远见的先驱们创立。通过将基础科学家和临床医生聚集在一起处理急性和慢性疼痛,IASP为我们对疼痛机制的理解以及如何治疗疼痛患者带来了巨大的进步。作为创始成员之一,从1975年在意大利佛罗伦萨举行的第一届世界疼痛大会开始,我有幸参加了所有10届世界疼痛大会,见证了疼痛医学的重要性和声望的增长。基于科学证据的多学科疼痛管理已经取代了神经阻滞的做法,麻醉师尽我们所能,用针和神经溶解药物治疗“顽固性”疼痛患者,使用约翰·j·博尼卡的“圣经”——1953年的疼痛管理作为指导。这些基础和临床科学家之间的相互作用使我们对通过疼痛体验感知有害过程的重要能力的复杂内源性控制和调节有了更深刻的理解。这种增加的洞察力显然导致了更好的管理几种类型的临床疼痛,但神经性疼痛仍然难以治疗。直到最近,我们对神经性疼痛的理解和治疗方法才有所改善。发表在《欧洲疼痛杂志》增刊上的论文回顾了我们目前对神经性疼痛各种症状背后复杂机制的理解。研究人员Toels S. Jensen、David J. Row-botham、Howard S. Smith和Christine N. Sang指出,对评估疼痛状况和影响疼痛产生机制的理解的提高提高了我们帮助这些患者的可能性:现在有可能更好地分析这些复杂的疼痛状况,推断症状背后的可能机制,并为个体患者选择特定的药物和治疗方法。这显然将优化治疗效果,并最大限度地减少目前可用于神经性疼痛治疗的强效药物的不良反应。虽然我们治疗慢性神经性疼痛的方法的进步是由于基础和临床科学家的研究,但如果没有制药行业的努力,我们将无法帮助我们的患者。制药行业已经证明,它有动机利用其资源开发新的更好的药物来帮助我们最不幸的患有神经性疼痛的患者。我们现在知道,许多患者在手术或创伤后,甚至是小创伤和手术后,都会遭受神经性疼痛。寻找防止急性疼痛变成慢性神经性疼痛的方法是目前处理急慢性疼痛的基础和临床科学家面临的一个重要挑战。这一领域的突破将避免许多痛苦,对于成功完成这项任务的制药公司来说,肯定会是一个“金蛋”。
期刊介绍:
European Journal of Pain (EJP) publishes clinical and basic science research papers relevant to all aspects of pain and its management, including specialties such as anaesthesia, dentistry, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopaedics, palliative care, pharmacology, physiology, psychiatry, psychology and rehabilitation; socio-economic aspects of pain are also covered.
Regular sections in the journal are as follows:
• Editorials and Commentaries
• Position Papers and Guidelines
• Reviews
• Original Articles
• Letters
• Bookshelf
The journal particularly welcomes clinical trials, which are published on an occasional basis.
Research articles are published under the following subject headings:
• Neurobiology
• Neurology
• Experimental Pharmacology
• Clinical Pharmacology
• Psychology
• Behavioural Therapy
• Epidemiology
• Cancer Pain
• Acute Pain
• Clinical Trials.