title: Physiological rationale for early pain management.
abstract: An understanding of spinal cord functioning will increase awareness of the effect of painful sensations on the workings of the central nervous system. Dorsal horn hypersensitivity can result in central sensitisation. Early and effective pain management is required to avoid the development of both acute and chronic pain.
authors.affiliation: Practice Development Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Nursing, Postgraduate Division, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Allcock
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D020671:Posterior Horn Cells / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics