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Drugs, 1986
Pain is a complex phenomenon involving both neurophysiological and psychological components. Pathophysiological mechanisms involve neural pathways, and a variety of pain-producing substances and modulating mechanisms. These include acetylcholine, serotonin, histamine, bradykinin, prostaglandins, substance P, somatostatin, cholecystokinin, vasoactive ...
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Pain is a complex phenomenon involving both neurophysiological and psychological components. Pathophysiological mechanisms involve neural pathways, and a variety of pain-producing substances and modulating mechanisms. These include acetylcholine, serotonin, histamine, bradykinin, prostaglandins, substance P, somatostatin, cholecystokinin, vasoactive ...
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The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1954
Volume I Part 1 Basic consideration of pain - introduction fundamental considerations basic aspects clinical aspects. Part 2 consideration of relatively generalized pain syndromes - introduction: acute and chronic pain syndromes (CPS) of primarily neuropathic pain chronic pain syndromes of psychologic/psychosocial origin pain primarily of ...
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Volume I Part 1 Basic consideration of pain - introduction fundamental considerations basic aspects clinical aspects. Part 2 consideration of relatively generalized pain syndromes - introduction: acute and chronic pain syndromes (CPS) of primarily neuropathic pain chronic pain syndromes of psychologic/psychosocial origin pain primarily of ...
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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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Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America, 2006
Perioperative pain management requires a multifaceted approach. The local inflammatory injury and the local and centrally mediated responses must be understood and evaluated to be treated appropriately. This article reviews the different classes of medication and where each one fits into a pain management plan. The implementation of multimodal therapy,
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Perioperative pain management requires a multifaceted approach. The local inflammatory injury and the local and centrally mediated responses must be understood and evaluated to be treated appropriately. This article reviews the different classes of medication and where each one fits into a pain management plan. The implementation of multimodal therapy,
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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
David J. Hewitt, Kathleen M. Foley
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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
David J. Hewitt, Kathleen M. Foley
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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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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
Bridget Adams, Barbara Bromley
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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
Bridget Adams, Barbara Bromley
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Managing Pain, Managing Ethics
Pain Management Nursing, 2007Noncompliance of family caregivers can present home hospice nurses with difficult ethical choices and powerful feelings about those choices. This is particularly so when family members do not adequately palliate their loved ones, resulting in treatable symptom distress during the dying process. This article presents a case study, moral analysis, and an
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Neurosurgery, 1979
This paper provides an overview of the current status of the management of cancer pain. The concept of "total care" of the patient with cancer incorporates an effort to eradicate or suppress the underlying malignancy, but when this is no longer feasible emphasis is shifted to symptom control to maximize the quality of remaining life.
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This paper provides an overview of the current status of the management of cancer pain. The concept of "total care" of the patient with cancer incorporates an effort to eradicate or suppress the underlying malignancy, but when this is no longer feasible emphasis is shifted to symptom control to maximize the quality of remaining life.
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