Geriatric pain management, pharmacological and nonpharmacological considerations
| Autor: | Henry Liu, Alan D. Kaye, Rachel J. Kaye, Amir Baluch, Charles J. Fox, Aaron J. Kaye, Rashid S. Niaz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Geriatrics
medicine.medical_specialty General Neuroscience Addiction media_common.quotation_subject Pain management Appropriate use Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Pharmacotherapy geriatric pharmacokinetics Pain assessment Younger adults Threshold of pain pain assessment medicine geriatric pain management pain threshold Psychology Intensive care medicine media_common |
| Zdroj: | Psychology & Neuroscience, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 15-26, Published: JUN 2014 Psychology & Neuroscience v.7 n.1 2014 Psychology & Neuroscience Instituto Brasileiro de Neuropsicologia e Comportamento (IBNeC) instacron:PUCRJ |
| ISSN: | 1983-3288 1984-3054 |
| DOI: | 10.3922/j.psns.2014.1.04 |
| Popis: | pain is prevalent in the elderly population, although it is not an inevitable part of aging. It is important to understand how to manage pain effectively in old age, particularly because an increasing number of individuals are becoming older, or living longer. Several problems, less common in younger adults, may complicate the treatment of pain. An accurate pain assessment is required for the most efficient strategy of pain treatment. Challenges to an effective pain assessment include: pain underreporting by patients, atypical manifestations of pain in elderly, age-associated pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic changes to specific drugs, other general age-related changes, and misconceptions about tolerance or addiction to opioids. However, physicians are able to provide geriatric patients with appropriate analgesia by using comprehensive assessment involving a multidisciplinary approach, and the appropriate use of various treatment modalities.Keywords: geriatric pain management, pain assessment, pain threshold, geriatric pharmacokinetics |
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