Professor Giustino Varrassi
Paolo Procacci Foundation
Other, Medicine And Medical Sciences
Italy
My co-authors include
Prof. Maurizio Evangelista
Mr Amit D. Kandhare
DDS, MSc, PhD Roger Keller Celeste
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My Publications
Platelet-Rich Plasma in the Treatment of Facet Mediated Low Back Pain: A Comprehensive ...
Orthopedic Reviews
July 2022
DANTE Study: The First Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo and Active-Controlled, Paralle...
Pain and Therapy
July 2022
Pharmacotherapeutic management of trigeminal neuropathic pain: an update
Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy
June 2022
Efficacy of Acupuncture, Intravenous Lidocaine, and Diet in the Management of Patients ...
Healthcare
June 2022
Chronic pain control
Cureus
June 2022
Delirium early diagnosis in terminal patients
Cureus
June 2022
Opioids in the Elderly Patients with Cognitive Impairment: A Narrative Review
Pain and Therapy
April 2022
Pain and Therapy in the Realm of a Storm
Pain and Therapy
February 2022
Opioid-Induced Constipation in Real-World Practice: A Physician Survey, 1 Year Later
Pain and Therapy
February 2022
Updates on Palliative Medicine in the COVID-19 Era
Journal of Clinical Medicine
January 2022
Opioids in the Elderly Patients with Cognitive Impairment: A Narrative Review
December 2021
Adjuvant physical exercise for the management of painful polyneuropathy
Postgraduate Medicine
November 2021
Endoscopic Transforaminal Lumbar Foraminotomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Pain and Therapy
September 2021
Pharmacologic agents directed at the treatment of pain associated with maladaptive neur...
Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy
August 2021
Influence of sex and gender on the management of late-stage knee osteoarthritis
MUSCULOSKELETAL SURGERY
August 2021
Intraarticular STP Radiofrequency for Painful Osteoarthritis in the Knee: A Retrospecti...
Journal of Pain Research
August 2021
Decompression Using Minimally Invasive Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Associated wi...
Pain and Therapy
July 2021
Factors for Timely Identification of Possible Occurrence of Delirium in Palliative Care...
Advances in Therapy
July 2021
Common Clinical Practice for Opioid-Induced Constipation: A Physician Survey
Journal of Pain Research
July 2021
A Comprehensive Update of the Current Understanding of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
June 2021
Impact and Consequences of Opioid-Induced Constipation: A Survey of Patients
Pain and Therapy
June 2021
Monomethyl Fumarate (MMF, Bafiertam) for the Treatment of Relapsing Forms of Multiple S...
Neurology International
May 2021
COVID-19 Related Acro-Ischemic Neuropathic-like Painful Lesions in Pediatric Patients: ...
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
April 2021
Emerging Role of C5 Complement Pathway in Peripheral Neuropathies: Current Treatments a...
Biomedicines
April 2021
Pulmonary Embolism and Cardiac Tamponade in Critical Care Patients with COVID-19; Telem...
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
April 2021
Balneotherapy for Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Journal of Clinical Medicine
April 2021
Efficacy of Dry Needling and Acupuncture in the Treatment of Neck Pain
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
April 2021
Efficacy of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Chronic Abdominal Pain
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
March 2021
Factors for a Timely Identification of Possible Occurrence of Delirium in Palliative Ca...
March 2021
Common Clinical Practice for Low Back Pain Treatment: A Modified Delphi Study
Pain and Therapy
March 2021
Can NSAIDs and Acetaminophen Effectively Replace Opioid Treatment Options for Acute Pain?
Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy
March 2021
Influence of Physical Activity on Pain, Depression and Quality of Life of Patients in P...
Journal of Clinical Medicine
March 2021
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: A Narrative Review
Journal of Clinical Medicine
March 2021
Transdermal Buprenorphine for Acute Pain in the Clinical Setting: A Narrative Review
Journal of Pain Research
March 2021
Intraoperative Hypotension Increased Risk in the Oncological Patient
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
February 2021
Inferior Hypogastric Block for the Treatment of Chronic Pelvic Pain
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
February 2021
Etiology Diagnosis and Management of Radial Nerve Entrapment
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
February 2021
Analgesic Drugs and COVID-19
Journal of Clinical Medicine
February 2021
Surgical and Non-surgical Treatment Options for Piriformis Syndrome: A Literature Review
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
February 2021
Utilization of Intravenous Lidocaine Infusion for the Treatment of Refractory Chronic Pain
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
January 2021
Pathophysiology of musculoskeletal pain: a narrative review
Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease
January 2021
Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery- A Systematic Review of Open and Endoscopic Approaches
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
December 2020
An Update on Treatment Modalities for Ulnar Nerve Entrapment: A Literature Review
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
December 2020
New potentialities to preserve brain from ischemic neuroinflammation injury
Brain Research
December 2020
COVID-19 and neurological complications
Postgraduate Medicine
October 2020
Vaccine yes or not. Some clarification
Advances in Therapy
September 2020
Naxos disease – a narrative review
Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy
September 2020
Pain Medicine for large diffusion
Postgraduate Medicine
September 2020
Health care and COVID
Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
September 2020
Chronic pain management and COVID-19
Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
September 2020
Occupational burnout and COVID-19
Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
September 2020
The use of positive end expiratory pressure in patients affected by COVID-19: Time to r...
Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
September 2020
Multimodal pharmacological treatment in pain patients
Drugs
August 2020
Methylene blue in severe sepsis and shock
Advances in Therapy
July 2020
Best Practice in Cardiac Anesthesia during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Practical Recommendat...
Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
July 2020
A comprehensive review of partial opioid agonists for the treatment of chronic pain
Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
July 2020
An evidence-based review of CGRP Mechanisms in the propagation of Chronic Visceral Pain
Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
July 2020
The Utilization of Buprenorphine in Chronic Pain
Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
July 2020
Treatment Recommendations for Chronic Knee Osteoarthritis
Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
July 2020
Use of cannabidiol (CBD) for the treatment of chronic pain
Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
July 2020
ACE/ARB and COVID-19
Journal of the American Pharmacists Association
July 2020
Basic rules for MSK pain management
Pain Research and Management
June 2020
Central neuropathic pain in post-stroke patients
Advances in Therapy
May 2020
Cancer pain management
Journal of Pain Research
May 2020
Intrathecal combination of drugs in cancer pain management
Pain and Therapy
April 2020
Basic knowledge on COVID-19
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
April 2020
Shoulder pain and neuromodulation
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
April 2020
Anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of cocoa
Pain and Therapy
April 2020
NSAIDs enteropathy and microbiota
Advances in Therapy
April 2020
Anti-inflammatory and COVID
Advances in Therapy
April 2020
The pharmacological management of dental pain
Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy
February 2020
Correction to: Pathophysiologic Approach to Pain Therapy for Complex Pain Entities: A N...
Pain and Therapy
January 2020
Repetitive Magnetic Stimulation for the Management of Peripheral Neuropathic Pain: A Sy...
Advances in Therapy
January 2020
Modern pharmacologic therapy for difficult chronic pain patients
Pain and Therapy
January 2020
Zombie deer: Should humans worry?
January 2020
Four pandemics: lessons learned, lessons lost
January 2020
Ibuprofen safety at the golden anniversary. A commentary and recent developments
January 2020
Endoscopic radiofrequency facet joint treatment in patients with low back pain: techniq...
Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease
January 2020
Ketamine and acute pain
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
December 2019
Rehabilitation and PEA in low-back pain
Pain and Therapy
December 2019
Oxidative stress and neurodegenerative diseases
Advances in Therapy
November 2019
Epidural corticosteroids help to prevent intra-operative spinal cord ischemia
Advances in Therapy
November 2019
Ibuprofen safety
Advances in Therapy
November 2019
Treating pain in patients with dementia and the possible concomitant relief of symptoms...
Pain Management
November 2019
Local anesthetics counteract cell proliferation and migration of human triple‐negative ...
Journal of Cellular Physiology
September 2019
Expert Consensus on Clinical Use of an Orally Administered Dexketoprofen Plus Tramadol ...
Advances in Therapy
September 2019
Pharmacological treatment for inflammatory pain
Advances in Therapy
August 2019
Prevent and treat opioid crisis
Pain and Therapy
August 2019
Epidemiology of Chronic Pain in the Latium Region, Italy: A Cross-Sectional Study on th...
Pain Management Nursing
August 2019
Psychological Aspects and Quality of Life in Chronic Pain
Pain Research and Management
June 2019
Quality of life in pain patients
Pain Research and Management
May 2019
Damaged tracheal tubes
Advances in Therapy
May 2019
Correction to: The Novel C5aR Antagonist DF3016A Protects Neurons Against Ischemic Neur...
Neurotoxicity Research
May 2019
Complement antagonism and neuroinflammatory injury
Neurotoxicity Research
April 2019
<p>Postural counseling represents a novel option in pain management of fibromyalgia pat...
Journal of Pain Research
March 2019
Head-to-head comparison of 2 analgesic combinations in acute pain
BMJ Open
February 2019
Chronic Pain in the Elderly with Cognitive Decline: A Narrative Review
Pain and Therapy
January 2019
Red wine triggers may lead to better understanding of migraine headache: a narrative re...
Journal of Wine Research
January 2019
Postural counseling in fibromyalgia patients
Journal of Pain Research
January 2019
Influence of analgesics on cardio-vascular system
January 2019
Low back pain
Nature Reviews Disease Primers
December 2018
Menstrual cycle influences peri-operative pain perception.
Pain Practice
November 2018
Foreword
Current Problems in Cardiology
June 2018
Behavioral therapy for low back pain
Pain and Therapy
May 2018
Reduction of opioid induced tolerance and hyperalgesia
Pain and Therapy
March 2018
Pain scales in adolescents
Pain and Therapy
February 2018
Computer Vision
January 2018
Epidemiology of pain in Italy
Journal of Pain Research
November 2017
Sedation for diagnostic procedures
SOJ Anesthesiology & Pain Management
October 2017
Pain as paraneoplastic manifestation
Pain and Therapy
July 2017
Cancer and neuropathies
Pain and Therapy
July 2017
Multimodal analgesia in acute pain
Current Medical Research and Opinion
April 2017
Relationship between chronic pain and depression
Clinical Interventions in Aging
April 2017
Chronic inflammation and arthritis
Pain Practice
February 2017
History of Pain Medicine
Pain Management
January 2017
Failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) management
Pain Research and Treatment
January 2017
Appropriate use of opioids
European Journal of Pain
December 2016
Continuous evolution of Pain Medicine
Pain and Therapy
October 2016
Erratum
Journal of Interventional Cardiology
August 2016
Meditation in the management of pain
Journal of Psychiatry
January 2016
New perspective in pain management
SOJ Anesthesiology & Pain Management
October 2015
Fibromyalgia and PEA
Pain and Therapy
September 2015
Implantable Drug Delivery Systems
January 2015
Chronic pain in the elderly
Pain Practice
October 2014
Prevention of colon cancer in Europe
Preventive Medicine
May 2014
Chronic pain patients need a multidisciplinary approach
Current Medical Research and Opinion
July 2013
LBP and natural disaster
Pain Practice
June 2013
Authors' response
American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
February 2013
Interventional Techniques in Cancer Pain: Critical Appraisal
January 2013
Tramadol in osteoarthritis
ISRN Pain
January 2013
Difficult airway management
Case Reports in Anesthesiology
January 2013
Analgesia During Labor and Delivery
January 2013
Pain in emergency
Pain Practice
December 2012
Erratum
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
December 2012
Fibromyalgia treatment with duloxetine and pregabalin
Pain Practice
November 2012
High dose of buprenorphine in terminally ill patient with liver failure: Efficacy and t...
Journal of Opioid Management
July 2012
An ethics code for pain
European Journal of Pain
May 2012
Episodic (Breakthrough) Pain Prevalence in a Population of Cancer Pain Patients. Compar...
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
May 2012
The international CHANGE PAIN physician survey: does specialism influence the perceptio...
Current Medical Research and Opinion
April 2012
Pharmacological evaluation of ethanolic extract of Daucus carota Linn root formulated c...
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
February 2012
The chronic pain conundrum: should we CHANGE from relying on past history to assessing ...
Current Medical Research and Opinion
January 2012
Low Back Pain
Pain Research and Treatment
January 2012
Pain Management Techniques and Practice: New Approaches, Modifications of Techniques, a...
Anesthesiology Research and Practice
January 2012
Pain after earthquake
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
January 2012
Severe chronic pain – the reality of treatment in Europe
Current Medical Research and Opinion
September 2011
Proceedings of the CHANGE PAIN Expert Summit in Rome, June 2010
Current Medical Research and Opinion
September 2011
Conference Scene: Symposium on the Societal Impact of Pain (SIP) 2011: European Commiss...
Pain Management
September 2011
Chronic Degenerative Pain
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
August 2011
Headache prevalence in the population of L’Aquila (Italy) after the 2009 earthquake
The Journal of Headache and Pain
February 2011
Make a CHANGE: optimising communication and pain management decisions
Current Medical Research and Opinion
January 2011
Hemodynamic Changes during Hepatic Vascular Exclusion: Use of Intraoperative Transesoph...
ISRN Anesthesiology
January 2011
Transdermal Buprenorphine for Central Neuropathic Pain: Clinical Reports
Pain Practice
December 2010
The impact of pain on labor force participation, absenteeism and presenteeism in the Eu...
Journal of Medical Economics
November 2010
New insight in cancer and breakthrough pain*
European Journal of Pain Supplements
September 2010
Challenges in managing cancer pain
European Journal of Pain Supplements
September 2010
The societal impact of pain in the European Union: health-related quality of life and h...
Journal of Medical Economics
September 2010
Foreword
Clinical Drug Investigation
July 2010
New Opioid analgesics
European Journal of Pain
April 2010
504 CHANGE PAIN SURVEY AT EFIC 2009 - PHYSICIAN'S PERCEPTION ON MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE CH...
European Journal of Pain Supplements
April 2010
Pharmacological treatment of chronic pain – the need for CHANGE
Current Medical Research and Opinion
March 2010
Systemic opioid and chronic pain
European Journal of Pain Supplements
November 2009
Intravenous Naloxone Plus Transdermal Buprenorphine in Cancer Pain Associated with Intr...
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
October 2009
Intrathecal Therapy: What Has Changed With the Introduction of Ziconotide
Pain Practice
September 2009
578 A STRONG OPIOID IN NEUROPATHIC PAIN: HYDROMORPHONE
European Journal of Pain
September 2009
Acute Pain and Availability of Analgesia in the Prehospital Emergency Setting in Italy:...
Pain Practice
July 2009
Normal-release Oral Morphine Starting Dose in Cancer Patients With Pain
Clinical Journal of Pain
June 2009
Management of Acute and Chronic Pain in the Italian Setting and a Look Toward the Future
Clinical Drug Investigation
January 2009
Implantable Drug Delivery Systems
January 2009
Epidemiology and treatment of pain in Italy: Part I
European Journal of Pain Supplements
October 2008
Epidemiology and treatment of pain in Italy: Part II
European Journal of Pain Supplements
October 2008
Fibromyalgia: Nosography and Therapeutic Perspectives
Pain Practice
May 2008
The MERITO Study: a multicentre trial of the analgesic effect and toler...
Palliative Medicine
April 2008
Improved Cancer Pain Treatment Using Combined Fentanyl-TTS and Tramadol
Pain Practice
December 2007
Paolo Procacci (1932–2007)
Pain
November 2007
Helicopter emergency medical service in Italy: Reality and perspectives
Air Medical Journal
November 2007
Epidural Local Anesthetic Plus Corticosteroid for the Treatment of Cervical Brachial Ra...
Clinical Journal of Pain
September 2007
In Memoriam: Professor David Niv
Pain Practice
June 2007
55 Workshop Summary: SPINAL CORD TREATMENT FOR NEUROPATHIC PAIN: WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE?
European Journal of Pain
June 2007
Encyclopedia of Pain
January 2007
107 CREATING A PIPELINE OF IDEAS AND ACTIONS
European Journal of Pain
September 2006
14 PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF NON-INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATIC PAIN
European Journal of Pain
September 2006
12 Topical Seminar Summary: EFIC - EULAR SYMPOSIUM ON RHEUMATIC PAIN
European Journal of Pain
September 2006
Neural Modulation by Blocks and Infusions
Pain Practice
March 2006
Authors' Response
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
February 2005
Re: Use of Strong Opioids in Advanced Cancer Pain
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
February 2005
Strong opioids in cancer pain
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
May 2004
Hemodynamic variations during thoracic and abdominal stop-flow regional chemotherapy
European Journal of Surgical Oncology
May 2004
Treatment of Cancer Pain
American Journal of Cancer
January 2004
Knowledge and attitudes of italian medical oncology residents toward the approach and t...
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
July 2003
FOREWORD
Drugs
January 2003
Clonidine for treatment of postoperative pain: a dose-finding study
European Journal of Pain
January 2002
A Double-Blinded Evaluation of Propacetamol Versus Ketorolac in Combination With Patien...
Survey of Anesthesiology
June 2000
The epidural and intrathecal administration of somatotrophin-release inhibiting factor:...
Current Review of Pain
February 2000
Haemodynamic effects of intravenous clonidine on propofol or thiopental induction
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
February 2000
The Importance of Dose-Response in Study Design
Anesthesia & Analgesia
September 1999
The Importance of Dose-Response in Study Design
Anesthesia & Analgesia
September 1999
A Double-Blinded Evaluation of Propacetamol Versus Ketorolac in Combination with Patien...
Anesthesia & Analgesia
March 1999
A Double-Blinded Evaluation of Propacetamol Versus Ketorolac in Combination with Patien...
Anesthesia & Analgesia
March 1999
Intra-articular buprenorphine after knee arthroscopy. A randomised, prospective, double...
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
January 1999
Pharmacoeconomics of pain management
Current Review of Pain
September 1998
Anesthetics toxicity on human cells
Human Reproduction
February 1998
Epidural Anesthesia
Neurology
January 1997
Epidural Morphine Pretreatment for Postepisiotomy Pain
Clinical Journal of Pain
December 1994
Perioperative ketorolac infusion for acute pain management
Anesthesia & Analgesia
March 1994
Nutrition in total laryngectomy
Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
September 1993
Which induction drug for cesarean section? a comparison of thiopental sodium, propofol,...
Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
July 1993
Pharmacological management of post herpetic neuralgia
Pharmacological Research
September 1992
Ventilatory effects of subarachnoid fentanyl in the elderly
Anaesthesia
July 1992
Health Related Fitness and Blood Pressure in Boys and Girls Ages 10 to 17 Years
Pediatric Exercise Science
May 1992
Parenteral nutrition in COPD patients: long- vs medium-chain triglycerides (MCT)
Clinical Nutrition
January 1992
Epidural mepivacaine for cesarean section: Effects of a pH-adjusted solution
Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
November 1991
Anesthesia induction agents for cesarean delivery
International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
September 1991
pH adjusted local anesthetics
Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
May 1991
Nutrition after total laryngectomy
Clinical Nutrition
January 1991
EPIDURAL MEPIVACAINE FOR CESAREAN SECTION:EFFECTS OF pH ADJUSTED SOLUTION
Anesthesia & Analgesia
February 1990
Effects of Physical Activity on Maternal Plasma β-Endorphin Levels and Perception of La...
Obstetric Anesthesia Digest
October 1989
Effects of physical activity on acute labor pain perception
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
March 1989
BIO-ELECTRICAL BRAIN RELATIONS OF PAIN AND ACUPUNCTURE EFFECTS ON EEG SPECTRAL ANALYSIS...
Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research
January 1986
Pain prevention in labour
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
January 1986
Effects of acupuncture on tension headache
Pain
January 1984
THE EFFECTS OF OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA ON THE NEW-BORN INFANT
Journal of the American Medical Association
December 1939
