Pharmacological management of pain in australian aged care facilities

Age and Ageing

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 851-856

  Veal, Felicity C ^a   Bereznicki, Luke R ^a   Thompson, Angus J ^a   Peterson, Gregory M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elderly; Older people; Opioids; Pain

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BUPRENORPHINE; CODEINE; FENTANYL; HYPNOTIC AGENT; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRAMADOL; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PAIN; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; AGE; AGING; ANALGESIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG COMBINATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACETAMINOPHEN; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84911449450     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afu072     Document Type: Article

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