title: Acute wound pain: gaining a better understanding.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide the wound care practitioner with an overview of research and knowledge about the causes, mechanisms, contributing factors, and management of acute wound pain.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  This continuing education activity is intended for physicians and nurses with an interest in skin and wound care.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  After reading this article and taking this test, the reader should be able to: 1. Describe the causes of acute wound pain. 2. Discuss research findings related to the physiology of wound pain. 3. Identify current concepts in the management of acute wound pain.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Carmen Mabel
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Arroyo-Novoa
authors.forename: Milagros I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Figueroa-Ramos
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Miaskowski
authors.forename: Geraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Padilla
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stotts
authors.forename: Kathleen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Puntillo
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D009619:Nociceptors; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D014945:Wound Healing; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications*