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Giustino Varrassi
Researcher at World Institute of Pain
Publications - 323
Citations - 5504
Giustino Varrassi is an academic researcher from World Institute of Pain. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Chronic pain. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 246 publications receiving 3671 citations. Previous affiliations of Giustino Varrassi include University of L'Aquila.
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Depression and chronic pain in the elderly: links and management challenges.
Panagiotis Zis,Argyro Daskalaki,Ilia Bountouni,Panagiota Sykioti,Giustino Varrassi,Antonella Paladini +5 more
TL;DR: Their management is challenging for the pain physician; however, both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic approaches are available and can be used when the two conditions are comorbid in the elderly patients.
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Occupational burnout syndrome and post-traumatic stress among healthcare professionals during the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Jaroslava Raudenská,Veronika Steinerová,Alena Javůrková,Ivan Urits,Alan D. Kaye,Omar Viswanath,Giustino Varrassi +6 more
TL;DR: Based on up-to-date research and psychological diagnostic manuals of DSM-5 and ICD-11, associated psychological disorders and experiences that may arise related to COVID-19 are described.
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Use of strong opioids in advanced cancer pain: a randomized trial.
Franco Marinangeli,A Ciccozzi,Marco Leonardis,Luca Aloisio,Anna Mazzei,Antonella Paladini,Giampiero Porzio,Paolo Marchetti,Giustino Varrassi +8 more
TL;DR: The utility of strong opioids for first-line treatment of pain in patients with terminal cancer is suggested, with no development of tolerance or serious adverse events.
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European Pain Federation position paper on appropriate opioid use in chronic pain management
Tony O'Brien,Tony O'Brien,Lona L. Christrup,Asbjørn Mohr Drewes,Marie Fallon,Hans G. Kress,Henry J McQuay,G Mikus,Bart Morlion,J Perez-Cajaraville,Esther M. Pogatzki-Zahn,Giustino Varrassi,Jcd Wells +12 more
TL;DR: A considered attempt to empower and inform non‐specialist opioid prescribers, EFIC convened a European group of experts, drawn from a diverse range of basic science and relevant clinical disciplines, to prepare a position paper on appropriate opioid use in chronic pain.
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Pharmacological treatment of chronic pain – the need for CHANGE
Giustino Varrassi,Gerhard Müller-Schwefe,Joseph V. Pergolizzi,A. Orónska,Bart Morlion,Philippe Mavrocordatos,César Margarit,C. Mangas,Wolfgang Jaksch,Frank Huygen,Beverly Collett,Marco Berti,Dominic Aldington,K. Ahlbeck +13 more
TL;DR: Universal, user-friendly educational tools are required to familiarise physicians with pain mechanisms, sensitisation and multi-mechanistic management, and also to improve communication between physicians and their pain patients, so that realistic expectations of treatment can be established.