Lecture 2 Flashcards
Pain Assessment
What is the similarity between measuring pain and assessing pain ?
NONE , it is very different
What are the key components to pain assessment ?
Patient interview
● Pain assessment tools
● History - medical and medication
● Physical exam and diagnostic work-up findings
● Behavioural observations
Key points to add to the assessing pain in the interview?
Associations to other symptoms
Radiation
Where exactly is the pain
Pain affect is more complex than pain intensity because it:
Refers to the emotional arousal or action readiness changes caused by pain.
Which dimension of pain often interferes with daily activities and habitual modes of response?
Pain affect
Pain quality is BEST defined as:
The specific physical sensations associated with the experience of pain
When asked to describe the perceived location of pain, a patient is focusing on which dimension of pain experience?
Pain location
What are the different single dimension tools for pain assessment ?
Numerical Rating
Verbal Rating
Verbal rating
Visual faces for pain
What dimensions are looked in of the multidimensional tools of McGill Pain Questionnaires ?
measures the quality, affect, sensory and location
What dimensions are looked in of the multidimensional tools of Brief Point Inventory
location, function, qofL measures
What does the Lanss pain scale measures ?
commonly for neuropathic
What are the indications of TCA, SNRI ?
Non-inflammatory nociceptive
Peripheral Neuropathic
What is the PAINAD ?
Pain assessment where we observe the patient for 5 min in different times
What is the pain assessment for patient in critical care ?
CPOT
