Portenoy R K, Farkash A
Pain Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York.
Geriatrics. 1988 May;43(5):29-40, 44-7.
The optimal management of chronic non-malignant pain in the elderly is founded first on comprehensive assessment and classification of the pain. The resulting pain diagnosis both targets appropriate areas for intervention and guides an often necessary multimodal approach to therapy. The indications for these various therapies, referral strategies, and guidelines for analgesic pharmacotherapy in the elderly are discussed.
老年人慢性非恶性疼痛的最佳管理首先基于对疼痛的全面评估和分类。由此得出的疼痛诊断既确定了适当的干预领域,又指导了通常必要的多模式治疗方法。本文讨论了这些不同疗法的适应症、转诊策略以及老年人镇痛药物治疗的指南。