Chronic pain in older persons: Prevalence, assessment and management

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 231-241

  Hadjistavropoulos, Thomas ^a   Fine, Perry G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; DICLOFENAC; DULOXETINE; ETORICOXIB; FENTANYL; KETOPROFEN; LIDOCAINE; LUMERICOXIB; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYMORPHONE; PREGABALIN; REMELTEON; ROPINIROLE; TRAMADOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MUSIC THERAPY; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SELF REPORT; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 34547499707     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: 14699036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259807002201     Document Type: Review

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