Pain Questionnaires
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Pain in the Elderly
Background
- 2006 has been nominated by the IASP as the year to highlight "Pain in the Elderly".
- With increasing age pain is more prevalent in the population but frequently under-reported, under-diagnosed and under-treated.
How do we change with age?
- Virtually every organ system is affected by aging. The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) has a syllabus on Geriatric Anesthesiology with the following pages being relevant for pain medicine:
- Cardiovascular and Autonomic Nervous System Aging
- Aging and the Respiratory System
- Aging and the Urinary System
- Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Differences in the Elderly
- Aging and the Central Nervous System
- Age-related Disease
- Postperative Pain control in the Elderly Patient
- Chronic Pain in Older Individuals: Consequences and Management
Pain Assessment in the Elderly
- To be expanded
Web Links
- IASP Pain Update Older People's Pain; June 2006 (Volume XIV, No. 3); Author: S.J. Gibson
- American Geriatric Society (www.americangeriatrics.org) Clinical Practice Guideline: The Management of Persistent Pain in Older Persons
References
- To be expanded