Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome)

467  relevant articles (28 outcomes, 29 trials/studies) found for this Disease

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome; Syndrome, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy; Syndrome, Shoulder-Hand; Algodystrophic Syndrome; CPRS Type I; Cervical Sympathetic Dystrophy; Pain Syndrome Type I, Complex Regional; RSD (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy); Sudek's Atrophy; Sympathetic Reflex Dystrophia; Type I Complex Regional Pain Syndrome; Algodystrophies; Atrophies, Sudek's; Atrophy, Sudek; Atrophy, Sudek's; CPRS Type Is; Cervical Sympathetic Dystrophies; Dystrophies, Cervical Sympathetic; Dystrophies, Reflex Sympathetic; Dystrophy, Cervical Sympathetic; Dystrophy, Reflex Sympathetic; I, CPRS Type; Is, CPRS Type; RSDs (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy); Reflex Dystrophia, Sympathetic; Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophies; Shoulder Hand Syndrome; Shoulder-Hand Syndromes; Sudek's Atrophies; Sudeks Atrophy; Sympathetic Dystrophies, Cervical; Sympathetic Dystrophies, Reflex; Sympathetic Dystrophy, Cervical; Sympathetic Dystrophy, Reflex; Sympathetic Reflex Dystrophias; Syndrome, Algodystrophic; Syndromes, Shoulder-Hand; Type I, CPRS; Type Is, CPRS; Algodystrophy; Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Type I; Pain Syndrome Type I, Regional, Complex; Shoulder-Hand Syndrome; Sudek Atrophy

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Disease Context: Research Results

Related Diseases

1.	Pain (Aches)
2.	Syndrome
3.	Hyperhidrosis
4.	Causalgia (Syndrome, Causalgia)
5.	Neoplasms (Cancer)

Experts

1.	Paraskevas, Kosmas I: 2 articles (07/2008 - 09/2006)
2.	van de Beek, W J: 2 articles (08/2000 - 08/2000)
3.	Yeomans, David C: 1 article (08/2008)
4.	Sabsovich, Ilya: 1 article (08/2008)
5.	Zhao, Rong: 1 article (08/2008)
6.	Klyukinov, Mikhail: 1 article (08/2008)
7.	Wei, Tzuping: 1 article (08/2008)
8.	Guo, Tian-Zhi: 1 article (08/2008)
9.	Li, Xiangqi: 1 article (08/2008)
10.	Shi, Xiaoyou: 1 article (08/2008)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy:

1.	GuanethidineFDA Link 12/01/1991 - "The regional guanethidine blocks seemed to be a good treatment for algodystrophy after failure of other treatments." 07/01/1983 - "Regional intravenous guanethidine vs. stellate ganglion block in reflex sympathetic dystrophies: a randomized trial." 06/15/2001 - "Use of intravenous guanethidine for the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome type I is of variable efficacy" 11/01/1996 - "BACKGROUND: Intravenous regional guanethidine Bier block (IVRGBB) has been used predominantly in Europe for treating reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD)" 11/01/1996 - "Intravenous guanethidine in patients with reflex sympathetic dystrophy." Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Calcitonin (Calcitonin, Eel)FDA Link 09/01/2002 - "Subsequently, right lower limb reflex sympathetic dystrophy developed, which was confirmed by scintigraphy and responded well to calcitonin treatment" 10/01/1996 - "Calcitonin treatment in reflex sympathetic dystrophy: a preliminary study." 04/01/2005 - "CONCLUSION: BPs can be used in recent reflex sympathetic dystrophy when calcitonin is inefficient or when calcitonin injections are not well tolerated." 05/01/2002 - "Calcitonin in reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome and other painful conditions." 09/01/2001 - "Experiences with calcitonin treatment of patients with type I complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS I--Sudeck disease)]" Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	gabapentin (Neurontin)FDA LinkGeneric 03/01/2000 - "The first reported case of a child with a diagnosis of reflex sympathetic dystrophy who was treated successfully with gabapentin is presented." 03/01/2000 - "Gabapentin, a new antiepileptic medication, has been demonstrated to be effective in adults with reflex sympathetic dystrophy" 04/01/2007 - "The objective of this paper is to investigate the effect of gabapentin in the earlier stage of reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (RSD)" 04/01/2007 - "The effect of gabapentin in earlier stage of reflex sympathetic dystrophy." 07/01/2006 - "A case of recurrent and migratory complex regional pain syndrome type I: Prevention by gabapentin." Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Capsaicin (Zostrix)IBA 06/01/2001 - "Complex regional pain syndrome type I treated with topical capsaicin: a case report." 09/01/1990 - "Treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy with topical capsaicin" 09/01/1990 - "A 31-year-old woman with intractable reflex sympathetic dystrophy experienced nearly complete, though temporary, resolution of pain following 3 weeks of topical capsaicin" 06/01/1998 - "Uncontrolled studies and case reports have indicated that pain or dysfunction was less at the end of capsaicin therapy for neck pain, loin pain/hematuria syndrome, oral mucositis, rhinopathy, reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, detrusor hyperreflexia, and cutaneous pain due to tumor of the skin" 04/01/1991 - "Clinical investigations of topical capsaicin include trials in chronic pain syndromes such as postherpetic neuralgia, postmastectomy neuroma, reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, diabetic neuropathy, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, hemodialysis-associated itching, and vulvar vestibulitis" Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	pamidronate (APD)FDA LinkGeneric 09/01/2004 - "Efficacy of pamidronate in complex regional pain syndrome type I." 12/01/2001 - "OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of treatment with pamidronate in reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) refractory to previous treatment" 01/01/1997 - "The objective of the study was to assess the efficacy and the safety of pamidronate (APD) in recalcitrant reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD)" 12/01/2001 - "Treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy with pamidronate: 29 cases." 10/01/2000 - "Intravenous pamidronate for treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy during breast feeding." Order ALL the reference details at left...
6.	Reserpine (Serpasil)FDA Link 09/01/1994 - "Treatment with sympathetic intravenous block with reserpine in work-related reflex sympathetic dystrophy]" 01/01/1983 - "Treatment of reflex algodystrophy by intravenous reserpine block]" 12/01/1982 - "Importance of intravenous reserpine in the treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy]" 12/01/1981 - "Intravenous reserpine for treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy." 07/01/1980 - "Treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy with regional intravenous reserpine." Order ALL the reference details at left...
7.	Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO)FDA LinkGeneric 03/06/1993 - "Good results of treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy with a 50% dimethylsulfoxide cream]" 03/01/1996 - "Treatment of acute reflex sympathetic dystrophy with DMSO 50% in a fatty cream." 01/01/2003 - "OBJECTIVE: To determine the cost effectiveness and cost utility of acetylcysteine versus dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) for patients with reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), from a societal viewpoint" 01/01/2003 - "Cost effectiveness and cost utility of acetylcysteine versus dimethyl sulfoxide for reflex sympathetic dystrophy." 03/06/1993 - "In this open prospective study dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), a hydroxyl radical scavenger, was tested in a 50% concentration in a fatty cream base (cremor vaselini cetomacrogolis FNA) in a total of 37 patients suffering from reflex sympathetic dystrophy" Order ALL the reference details at left...
8.	salmon calcitonin (Calcimar)FDA Link 02/01/1992 - "The efficacy of intranasal salmon calcitonin was examined in a double-blind randomized study in reflex sympathetic dystrophy" 07/31/1991 - "All patients with algodystrophy were treated with salmon calcitonin (100 U.I./die/i.m" 10/01/1996 - "In this study, the aim was to investigate the effects of salmon calcitonin treatment in reflex sympathetic dystrophy that develops in hemiplegia" 06/18/1977 - "Post-traumatic reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (Sudeck's atrophy): effects of regional guanethidine infusion and salmon calcitonin." 02/01/1977 - "MRC of salmon calcitonin or 160 1. mrc of pork calcitonin in 117 subjects (58 patients with Paget's disease, 22 with osteoporosis, 22 with Sudeck-Leriche algodystrophy and 15 control subjects)" Order ALL the reference details at left...
9.	Mannitol (Osmitrol)FDA LinkGeneric 08/01/2008 - "To assess the effects of intravenous administration of the free radical scavenger mannitol 10% on complaints associated with complex regional pain syndrome Type I (CRPS I), a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded trial was performed" 08/01/2008 - "Treatment of patients with complex regional pain syndrome type I with mannitol: a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded study." 01/01/1997 - "We describe a 71-year-old woman with moderate chronic renal failure due to diabetic nephropathy who developed acute anuric renal failure after mannitol administration for post-traumatic reflex sympathetic dystrophy" 11/01/2007 - "An early recognition of incipient algodystrophy and immediate commencement of effective therapy (i.e., with Mannitol and Dexamethasone) was found to be the most important part of prophylaxis of the development of the florid condition." 09/01/1998 - "One hundred twelve patients with posttraumatic reflex sympathetic dystrophy were treated using 4 methods: regional intravenous blocks with lignocaine and methylprednisolone, mannitol i.v. (free-radical scavenger), calcitonin i.m" Order ALL the reference details at left...
10.	bretyliumIBA 09/01/1990 - "Role of intravenous regional bretylium in reflex sympathetic dystrophy." 01/01/1988 - "The treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy with intravenous regional bretylium." 06/01/1992 - "Patients with reflex sympathetic dystrophy, who received transient pain relief from stellate ganglion blocks or lumbar sympathetic blocks and had abnormal isolated cold stress tests, were enrolled in a study to determine the efficacy of intravenous regional bretylium" 06/01/1992 - "We conclude that the combination of bretylium and lidocaine is significantly more effective than lidocaine alone when an intravenous block is used to treat reflex sympathetic dystrophy." 06/01/1992 - "Intravenous regional bretylium and lidocaine for treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy: a randomized, double-blind study." Order ALL the reference details at left...

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Sympathectomy (Sympathectomies) 07/01/1949 - "A case of reflex sympathetic dystrophy relieved by sympathectomy." 10/01/1999 - "It is a lie that sympatholysis may specifically cure patients with unqualified "reflex sympathetic dystrophy." This was already stated by the father of sympathectomy, René Leriche, more than half a century ago" 09/01/1997 - "Successful treatment of recurrent reflex sympathetic dystrophy with bilateral lumbar sympathectomies." 08/01/1997 - "An 11-year-old girl with reflex sympathetic dystrophy successfully treated by thoracoscopic sympathectomy." 12/01/1994 - "2. As compared to controls, the mainly sympathetically mediated vasoconstrictive response at thermoregulatory level of the skin microcirculation, as measured by laser Doppler flowmetry, was attenuated at stage I (1.82 versus 1.41, P < 0.05), stage II (1.82 versus 1.09, P < 0.0001) and stage III (1.82 versus 1.14, P < 0.01), suggesting the involvement of sympathetic denervation at all stages of the reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome" Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Analgesia 11/01/1989 - "Interpleural analgesia in treatment of upper extremity reflex sympathetic dystrophy." 01/01/1992 - "Finally, interpleural analgesia has recently been shown to be effective in the management in various chronic pain syndromes of the upper abdomen (pancreatitis...) and thorax (postherpetic neuralgia, upper extremity reflex sympathetic dystrophy)" 05/01/1996 - "Long-term use of subarachnoid clonidine for analgesia in refractory reflex sympathetic dystrophy" 10/01/1998 - "Up to now calcitonin is utilized in treatment of hypercalcemia, Paget disease, algodystrophy, primary and secondary osteoporosis and analgesia" 01/01/2008 - "Calcitonin (especially intranasal) provides an interesting analgesic effect in a series of painful conditions including reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, adhesive capsulitis, ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, vertebral crush fractures and metastasis, phantom limb pain, etc. Exogenous calcitonin is thought to cross the blood-brain barrier and to accumulate slowly in the brain, inducing analgesia once sufficient receptors are occupied" Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	Chemical Sympathectomy 09/01/1995 - "Temperature and microcirculatory blood flow studies have been measured before and after chemical sympathectomy in a patient with reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the left leg present for at least three years following surgery for glomus tumour" 06/01/1994 - "OBJECTIVE: To evaluate alterations of the three-phase bone scan (TPBS) in patients with the clinical diagnosis of reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) before and after surgical or chemical sympathectomy" Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Renal Dialysis (Hemodialysis) 09/01/1991 - "Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome of the hand after placement of an arteriovenous graft for hemodialysis." 04/01/1991 - "Clinical investigations of topical capsaicin include trials in chronic pain syndromes such as postherpetic neuralgia, postmastectomy neuroma, reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, diabetic neuropathy, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, hemodialysis-associated itching, and vulvar vestibulitis" Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	Breathing Exercises (Qigong) 01/01/1999 - "OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of qigong on treatment-resistant patients with late-stage complex regional pain syndrome type I. DESIGN: Block-random placebo-controlled clinical trial" 01/01/1999 - "PATIENTS: 26 adult patients (aged 18 to 65 years) with complex regional pain syndrome type I. INTERVENTIONS: The experimental group received qi emission and qigong instruction (including home exercise) by a qigong master" Order ALL the reference details at left...