Chronic Pain Management in Older Adults: Special Considerations

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 38, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Fine, Perry G ^a  

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

Author keywords

Analgesia; assessment; guidelines; inappropriate prescribing; older adults; side effects

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BUPRENORPHINE; CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; CAPSAICIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONIDINE; DULOXETINE; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; KETAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; MEMANTINE; MEXILETINE; MIRTAZAPINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; OPIATE; PREGABALIN; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; TAPENTADOL; TIZANIDINE; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLODYNIA; ANXIETY; APPLICATION SITE REACTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC PAIN; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSENSUS; CONSTIPATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GERIATRIC CARE; GLAUCOMA; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPESTHESIA; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE SECRETION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER FUNCTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NURSING HOME; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYPHARMACY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PUTAMEN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASH; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SCAR FORMATION; SENESCENCE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPINE; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NEURALGIA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 68149128392     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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