Articles: pain-management-methods.
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Review Case Reports
Central poststroke pain: current diagnosis and treatment.
Central post-stroke pain syndrome (CPSP) is a debilitating sequel that can follow thalamic sensory stroke. Less well recognized, CPSP follows lateral medullary stroke and parietal cortical stroke and may develop anywhere along the spinothalamic or trigemino-thalamic pathways. ⋯ It is treatable disorder. Pharmacological therapy, magnetic stimulation, and invasive electrical stimulation are reviewed and recommendations made.
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Am J Hosp Palliat Care · Mar 2013
Review Case ReportsChronic pain in the outpatient palliative care clinic.
Chronic pain is common. Many patients with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses have chronic pain that is related to their disease, and some have comorbid chronic nonmalignant chronic pain. ⋯ To successfully care for these patients, palliative care providers will need to learn new clinical competencies. This article will review chronic pain management core competencies for palliative care providers.
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Curr Opin Support Palliat Care · Mar 2013
ReviewEvidence-based approach to manage persistent wound-related pain.
Pain is a significant concern in people with chronic wounds. A systematized approach is recommended for the management of wound-associated pain with the objectives to address pain relief, increase function, and restore overall quality of life. ⋯ Pain is a complex biopsychosocial phenomenon that requires multiple pharmacological and nonpharmacological management approach.
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Curr Opin Support Palliat Care · Mar 2013
ReviewThe management of wound-related procedural pain (volitional incident pain) in advanced illness.
The prevention and treatment of wound-related procedural pain is one of the greatest areas of unmet need within wound management. Also referred to as 'Volitional Incident Pain', it is the most prevalent subtype of breakthrough pain experienced by patients afflicted with wounds. Novel formulations of existing analgesics are now available to address this challenge. ⋯ Novel formulations of fentanyl citrate, delivered through an array of noninvasive routes, allow for rapid-onset and short-acting effects that better match the onset and duration of wound-related procedural pain.