Publications by authors named "M Rijsdijk"
Interdisciplinary research is increasingly recognized as a key method to tackle complex societal challenges and stimulate creativity to find innovative solutions. Our key goal when starting our collaboration was to come to innovative ways of treating chronic pain. An ambitious goal that requires out-of-the-box and high-risk-high-gain research.
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- Patients with postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) experience persistent pain following a herpes zoster infection, with a significant portion of those affected suffering from a reduced quality of life and challenging treatment options.
- The review highlights the effectiveness of antiviral therapy within 72 hours of symptom onset as crucial for managing acute herpes zoster pain, alongside analgesics and various medications.
- For patients who do not respond to conventional treatments, newer interventional techniques, particularly pulsed radiofrequency treatment of the dorsal root ganglion, show promise in alleviating pain associated with PHN.
Pain and psychopathology are observed in 18% and 55% of patients, respectively, 1 year after intensive care unit (ICU) admission. It is well known that chronic pain and psychopathology have a bidirectional relation in the general population, but it is not known whether this holds true for ICU survivors. The aim of this study was to investigate whether pain before, during and after ICU admission is related to psychopathology in ICU survivors 1 year after discharge.
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