Managing pain in the elderly population: Pearls and pitfalls

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 409-417

  Chai, Emily ^a   Horton, Jay R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment.; Older adults; Pain; Pain assessment; Pain management

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CAPSAICIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DULOXETINE; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE; OXCARBAZEPINE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PREGABALIN; SEROTONIN; TOPIRAMATE; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ATAXIA; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CANCER PAIN; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIZZINESS; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVENING DOSAGE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GAIT DISORDER; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MYOCLONUS; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; ORTHOSTATIC HYPERTENSION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN PARAMETERS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLYNEUROPATHY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; URINE RETENTION; VOMITING; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; XEROSTOMIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 78649909295     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-010-0148-0     Document Type: Review

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