1. Impact of a Persistent Pelvic Pain Clinic: Emergency attendances following multidisciplinary management of persistent pelvic pain.
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Wilkinson, Rachel, Wynn‐Williams, Michael, Jung, Albert, Berryman, Jayne, and Wilson, Erin
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CHRONIC pain treatment , *PELVIC pain treatment , *NARCOTICS , *ENDOMETRIOSIS , *STATISTICS , *HOSPITAL emergency services , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *PAIN clinics , *PATIENTS , *RETROSPECTIVE studies , *FISHER exact test , *MANN Whitney U Test , *HOSPITAL admission & discharge , *CHI-squared test , *DATA analysis , *PAIN management , *PSYCHOLOGICAL distress , *LONGITUDINAL method - Abstract
Persistent pelvic pain (PPP) is an important cause of psychological distress and productivity loss in women. In 2017, a multidisciplinary clinic was established to care for Queensland women with PPP. By analysing clinic and emergency department data, we found 19% fewer patients required any presentation to the emergency department for exacerbations of pelvic pain (P = 0.003) within 12 months of clinic attendance. There was also a reduction in number of presentations, short stay admissions and daily opiate use in regular users. The Persistent Pelvic Pain Clinic (PPPC) made a difference to these women and reduced resource burden on a busy emergency department. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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