Pain management in the elderly population: A review

Ochsner Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 179-187

  Kaye, Alan D ^a   Baluch, Amir ^b   Scott, Jared T ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GeriatricPain managementPharmacotherapyPolypharmacy pharmacodynamic

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; CYTOCHROME P450; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYMORPHONE; PARACETAMOL;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY WATER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRUG ACETYLATION; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG GLUCURONIDATION; DRUG HYDROLYSIS; DRUG SULFATION; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW;

EID: 77957326623     PISSN: 15245012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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