title: Turning the nightmare of complex regional pain syndrome into a time of healing, renewal, and hope.
abstract: Complex regional pain syndrome is a lifelong chronic pain disorder. The medical treatment and nursing interventions, which can turn this nightmare into a time of healing, renewal, and hope, are described.
authors.affiliation: Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Montana
authors.forename: Donald D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Kautz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020918:Complex Regional Pain Syndromes / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010147:Pain Measurement