The Budapest Criteria should now be used to diagnose Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS):
A: The patient has continuing pain which is disproportionate to the inciting event
B: The patient has at least one sign in two or more of the categories
C: The patient reports at least one symptom in three or more of the categories
D: No other diagnosis can better explain the signs and symptoms
Sensory: Allodynia (to light touch and/or temperature sensation and/or deep somatic pressure and/or joint movement) and/or hyperalgesia (to pinprick)
Vasomotor: Temperature asymmetry (more than 1 deg.) and/or skin colour changes and/or skin colour asymmetry
Sudomotor/oedema: Oedema and/or sweating changes and/or sweating asymmetry
Motor/trophic: Decreased range of motion and/or motor dysfunction (weakness, tremor, dystonia) and/or trophic changes (hair/nail/skin)
Signs – see or feel a problem
Symptoms – patient reports a problem
Click here for The CRPS Concise Guide on the Royal College of Physicians website
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