Chapter 36- Pain Management Flashcards

1
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What are the 4 different ways that pain should be assessed and documented?

A
  1. Monitor pain management
  2. Evaluate the level of pain relief
  3. Advocate for the patient
  4. Educate patient on possible treatment options for pain
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2
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Out of the blue pain that lasts less than 3-6 months.

A

Acute pain

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3
Q

Post op pain that persists more than 3 months. And non post op that persists longer than 6 months.

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Chronic pain

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4
Q

The most common type of pain that originates from visceral and somatic locations in the body.

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Nociceptive pain

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5
Q

Results from nerve injury and the pain continues even after the painful stimuli is gone.

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Neuropathic pain

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6
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Neuropathic pain that is unpleasant and has an abnormal sensation.

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Dysesthesia

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7
Q

Neuropathic pain that comes from noninjury stimuli

A

Allodynia

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8
Q

Neuropathic pain that causes excessive sensitivity.

A

Hyperalgesia

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9
Q

A greatly exaggerated pain reaction to stimuli

A

Hyperpathia

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10
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Pain that occurs when the brain continues to receive messages from an area of amputation

A

Phantom pain

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11
Q

When the brain adapts to the loss of a limb and pain stops

A

Plasticity

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12
Q

Pain that is perceived by an individual but has no physical cause.

A

Psychogenic pain

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13
Q

Any damage or hypersensitivity to which 3 areas can alter a person’s perception of pain.

A
  1. Pain receptors
  2. Spinal cord
  3. Cerebral cortex
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14
Q

What are 7 factors that influence pain? AGMDCER

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  1. Age
  2. Gender
  3. Morphology
  4. Disabilities
  5. Culture
  6. Ethnicity
  7. Religion
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15
Q

The use of more than one mean for controlling pain. More effective and requires lower doses of each agent and produces fewer side effects.

A

Multimodal analgesia

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16
Q

The administration of medications before a painful event to minimize pain.

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Preemptive analgesia