Pain management in the elderly at the end of life

North American Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 348-354

  Dalacorte, Roberta Rigo ^a   Rigo, Julio Cesar ^a   Dalacorte, Amauri ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; End of life care; Older people; Pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic approaches

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID; CODEINE; DANTROLENE; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; IBUPROFEN; LAXATIVE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; MISOPROSTOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NAPROXEN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; TRAMADOL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ANOREXIA; AROMATHERAPY; BONE PAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSTIPATION; CRYOTHERAPY; DECISION MAKING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DYING; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; HYPNOSIS; IMAGERY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MASSAGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUSIC THERAPY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; REFLEXOLOGY; REIKI; RELAXATION TRAINING; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SUPPORT GROUP; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 79961241171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19472714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4297/najms.2011.3348     Document Type: Review

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