NURSING 6521 l

Initial Post Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), previously termed reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome is a chronic neuropathic pain usually associated with a limb injury. There are two forms of CRPS. CRPS-I is associated with injury but no apparent nerve injury. However, CRPS-II shows evidence of nerve injury. CRPS is distinguished from other chronic pain disorders by signs of autonomic and inflammatory changes in the pain region of the injured nerve (...