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1997
The treatment of pain in the elderly patient presents many challenges: their pain syndromes are often due to chronic diseases that are not curable; the metabolic and pharmacodynamic changes that accompany aging complicate the prescribing of analgesics; cognitive dysfunction confounds pain assessment; functional ability may be impaired; and psychosocial
Kathleen M. Foley, David J. Hewitt
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The treatment of pain in the elderly patient presents many challenges: their pain syndromes are often due to chronic diseases that are not curable; the metabolic and pharmacodynamic changes that accompany aging complicate the prescribing of analgesics; cognitive dysfunction confounds pain assessment; functional ability may be impaired; and psychosocial
Kathleen M. Foley, David J. Hewitt
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1998
Pain is an unpleasant subjective experience generally associated with tissue damage. Some of the definitions given below could apply to all sorts of unpleasant experience, and there is little in the words themselves to make it clear quite what is involved. It is only by talking with others about experiences and finding that same word — ‘pain’ — is used
Barbara Bromley, Bridget Adams
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Pain is an unpleasant subjective experience generally associated with tissue damage. Some of the definitions given below could apply to all sorts of unpleasant experience, and there is little in the words themselves to make it clear quite what is involved. It is only by talking with others about experiences and finding that same word — ‘pain’ — is used
Barbara Bromley, Bridget Adams
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Anesthesiology Clinics of North America, 2006
This article provides information regarding treatments for the management of moderate to severe pain in patients who are at the end of life. Discussion focuses on the use of strong opioids and adjuvant analgesics. Special attention also is given to the most frequently used forms of interventional pain management.
Mario, De Pinto +2 more
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This article provides information regarding treatments for the management of moderate to severe pain in patients who are at the end of life. Discussion focuses on the use of strong opioids and adjuvant analgesics. Special attention also is given to the most frequently used forms of interventional pain management.
Mario, De Pinto +2 more
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Reframing chronic pain as a disease, not a symptom: rationale and implications for pain management
Postgraduate medicine, 2019Chronic pain is a common public health problem that has a detrimental impact on patient health, quality of life (QoL), and function, and poses a substantial socioeconomic burden.
D. Clauw, M. Essex, V. Pitman, K. Jones
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1990
The principles of pain management1 are similar for young and old patients (Table 45.1). However, the geriatric population is more likely to experience a number of specific pain problems. Treatment also must be tailored to the elderly patient due to differences in sensitivities to many analgesic agents.
Richard Payne, Gavril W. Pasternak
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The principles of pain management1 are similar for young and old patients (Table 45.1). However, the geriatric population is more likely to experience a number of specific pain problems. Treatment also must be tailored to the elderly patient due to differences in sensitivities to many analgesic agents.
Richard Payne, Gavril W. Pasternak
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Acute Postoperative Pain Management
Case Studies in Pediatric Anesthesia, 2019One of the most important concerns of the patients in postoperative period is postoperative pain. This phenomenon is a combination of sensation, emotions and thoughts presents as pain behaviour.
Z. A. Quiñónez, Jamie W. Sinton
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Medication Use and Pain Management in Pregnancy: A Critical Review
Pain Practice, 2019Pain during pregnancy is common, and its management is complex. Certain analgesics may increase the risk for adverse fetal and pregnancy outcomes, while poorly managed pain can result in adverse maternal outcomes such as depression and hypertension ...
Eleanor Black +6 more
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Management of painful neuropathies
2013Neuropathic pain is the most common type of pain in neuropathy. In painful polyneuropathies the pain usually has a "glove and stocking" distribution. The pain may be predominantly spontaneous, e.g., with a burning, pricking, or shooting character or characterized by evoked pain such as mechanical or cold allodynia.
Finnerup, Nanna Brix +2 more
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Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice, 2011
The growing popularity of ferrets as pets has created the demand for advanced veterinary care for these patients. Pain is associated with a broad range of conditions, including acute or chronic inflammatory disease, neoplasia, and trauma, as well as iatrogenic causes, such as surgery and diagnostic procedures.
van Oostrom, Hugo +2 more
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The growing popularity of ferrets as pets has created the demand for advanced veterinary care for these patients. Pain is associated with a broad range of conditions, including acute or chronic inflammatory disease, neoplasia, and trauma, as well as iatrogenic causes, such as surgery and diagnostic procedures.
van Oostrom, Hugo +2 more
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Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 2000
Pain is a common problem encountered among elderly people in subacute and long-term care facilities. Pain often is underestimated and undertreated in these settings. Most pain problems can be improved by careful assessment and careful use of analgesic drugs and nondrug strategies.
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Pain is a common problem encountered among elderly people in subacute and long-term care facilities. Pain often is underestimated and undertreated in these settings. Most pain problems can be improved by careful assessment and careful use of analgesic drugs and nondrug strategies.
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