Cognitive impairment and pain management: Review of issues and challenges

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 315-329

  Buffum, Martha D ^a,b,c   Hutt, Evelyn ^c,d   Chang, Victor T ^c,e   Craine, Michael H ^c,d   Snow, A Lynn ^f  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnestic; Analgesia; Cognitive disorders; Delirium; Dementia; Intensive care; Nursing homes; Pain; Pain measurement; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

AMNESTIC; ANALGESIA; COGNITIVE DISORDERS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE;

INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ANALGESIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; HALOPERIDOL; NARCOTIC AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; AGITATION; ATAXIA; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSTIPATION; CRYOTHERAPY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTENSIVE CARE PSYCHOSIS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; VETERANS;

EID: 34249999971     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2006.06.0064     Document Type: Review

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