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. 2015 Jul 6;2(9):1114–1121. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2015.07.003

Table 1.

MedDRA terms used to identify potential unrecognised CRPS cases in the safety database.

Proposed clinical diagnostic criteria for CRPS (Budapest criteria)(Harden et al., 2010) MedDRA
Preferred terms or low level terms
Pain: continuing pain disproportionate to vaccination Pain; pain in extremity
Sensory: allodynia deep pressure pain, allodynia pain after movement, allodynia after light touch, hyperesthesia, hypoesthesia, hyperalgesia, hypoalgesia Allodynia, hyperaesthesia, hypoaesthesia, sensory disturbance, skin burning sensation
Vasomotor: color change/difference, temperature difference Skin discoloration, temperature difference of extremities
Sudomotor/edema: transpiration disturbance, edema Oedema
Trophic: hair growth change, nail growth change, trophic skin disturbance Hair growth abnormal, nail growth abnormal
Motor: limitation of movement, limitation of strength, dystonia, tremor, bradykinesia Injection site movement impairment, injected limb mobility decreased, muscular weakness, dystonia, tremor, bradykinesia

Pain should be continuous and disproportionate to the inciting event. In addition, for clinical diagnosis patients should have at least one symptom in each of the above categories and one sign in one category.