Pain management.
This article provides information regarding treatments for the management of moderate to severe pain in patients who are at the end of life. Discussion focuses on the use of strong opioids and adjuvant analgesics. Special attention also is given to the most frequently used forms of interventional pain management. Although pain in terminally ill patients is not always related to cancer, many of the studies cited in this article were performed in cancer patients, a model that informs much of what is presented.
De Pinto
Mario
M
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington Harborview Medical Center, Box 356540, 325 9th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, USA. mdepinto@u.washington.edu
Dunbar
Peter J
PJ
Edwards
W Thomas
WT
D000759:Adjuvants, Anesthesia / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D009407:Nerve Block; D059408:Pain Management; D010166:Palliative Care
D000759:Adjuvants, Anesthesia; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid