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Pinter, G; Likar, R; Anditsch, M; Bach, M; Böhmer, F; Friedrich, M; Frühwald, T; Gosch, M; Gugerell, M; Lampl, C; Marksteiner, J; Pietschmann, P; Pils, K; Schirmer, M.
[Problems of pain measurement and pain therapy in the elderly].
Wien Med Wochenschr. 2010; 160(9-10): 235-46.
Doi: 10.1007/s10354-010-0797-y
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- Likar Rudolf
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- Due to complex physical and psychological changes in aging, pain measurement and therapeutic treatment of older and geriatric patients present a special challenge. Nevertheless, even for this category of patients, good treatment results are achievable if age-related particulars and problems are consistently heeded and accounted for. That includes adverse sensory and cognitive effects as much as multimorbidity and the polypharmacy that is frequently related to it. An essential prerequisite for adequate pain therapeutic care in elderly patients is consistent pain measurement. While numerical and verbal scales have also proven their usefulness for patients in advanced age who are not cognitively impaired, instruments must be applied for older people with communicative and/or cognitive restrictions with which the observed behavior of those involved can be surveyed in a multidimensional way.
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