Special consideration for pain management in the older person.
| Autor: | Ong T; Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Thiam CN; Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Kedah, Malaysia. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Clinical medicine (London, England) [Clin Med (Lond)] 2022 Jul; Vol. 22 (4), pp. 295-297. |
| DOI: | 10.7861/clinmed.CM-2022-0273 |
| Abstrakt: | Pain is common among older people. However, it remains underrecognised and under-treated. A comprehensive assessment of pain involves identifying its cause, establishing its severity, determining its impact on the person experiencing it and reviewing the person's response to treatment. Addressing their pain requires a different approach compared to a younger person because there is usually concomitant frailty, multimorbidity, polypharmacy, sensory deficits and cognitive impairment. This review will summarise a comprehensive approach to pain management in the older person. (© Royal College of Physicians 2022. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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