Pain Flashcards
What is the major hurdle for development of treatment for phantom limb pain?
Lack of randomized controlled trials to give treatment
What are the potential complications of a celiac plexus block?
Diarrhea Postural hypotension (most common) PTX Retroperitoneal hemorrhage paraplegia (disruption of anterior spinal artery or subarachnoid injection) hiccups Pleurisy Abdominal aortic dissection
What is the drug of choice for chronic neuropathic pain?
Methadone due to NMDA antagonism and SSRi
What is the mechanism of hyperalgesia?
Upregulation of NMDA receptors
Increased nitric oxide production
What is the Gaenslen test?
Significant hip flexion + posterior pressure on the sacrum
Indicates SI joint pain
What are the clinical manifestations of SI pain?
Pain at the site that is dull and constant
Worse with compression and distraction
Worse with standing or in one position for awhile
+ Gaenslen’s
What are the clinical manifestations of discogenic pain?
Worse with flexion and increased intraabdominal pressure (coughing/sneezing)
What are the clinical manifestations of facet joint pain?
Worse with facet loading
Not better or worse with flexion or extension
Non radiating
What is the treatment for facet joint pain?
Medial branch blocks
What are the clinical manifestations of spinal stenosis?
Radicular pain
Worse with extension
Better with flexion
How do you diagnose spinal stenosis?
MRI
What are the treatments for acute herpes zoster?
antivirals, corticosteroids, sympathetic blocks
What are the treatments for postherpetic neuralgia?
TCAs Anticonvulsants (lyrica, gabapentin) Lidocaine patches (for allodynia) Topical capsaicin Opiates Tramadol Spinal cord stimulators
How does a spinal cord stimulator work?
Stimulates large nerve fibers in the substantial gelatinosa thereby decreasing excitatory signals and increasing inhibitory signals
What are the analgesic properties due to with low doses of ketamine?
NMDA receptors antagonism
What are the analgesic properties due to with high doses of ketamine?
Opioid receptors
What is the conversion of IT morphine to epidural?
1 mg to 10 mg of epidural
What is the conversion of epidural morphine to IV morphine?
1 mg to 10 mg of IV
What is the conversion of IT morphine to IV morphine?
1 mg to 100 mg
What is the conversion of IV morphine to po morphine?
1 mg to 3 mg
What is the conversion of IT hydromorphone to epidural?
1 mg to 100 mg
What is the conversion of IV hydromorphone to po hydromorphone?
1 mg to 3 mg
What is the conversion of epidural hydromorphone to IV?
1 mg to 10 mg
What is conversion of IT hydromorphone to IV?
1 mg to 1000
What do hydrophobic opioids do in the intrathecal/epidural space?
More likely to taken up in systemic system to act supra spinally and reach IV infusion levels (fentanyl) so have a smaller analgesic effect and respiratory depression effect.
Bind the white matter of the spinal cord in the intrathecal space
Where do hydrophilic opioids act in the intrathecal space?
The dorsal horn
Can cause respiratory depression via rostral spread
What is the rule when converting to different opioids to avoid cross-tolerance?
Do a 20% reduction
What is valproic acid used for?
Chronic neuropathic pain
What is CRPS II?
Caused by nerve damage - CAUSALGIA
Characterized by spontaneous pain, hyperalgesia, allodynia, vasomotor and sudomotor abnormalities, passive and active movement disorders, trophic problems
What is the first line treatment for CRPS II?
Physical therapy
What are the other treatment options for CRPS?
TCA, gabapentins, memantine
Spinal cord stimulators
IT pumps
Somatic and sympathetic nerve blocks
What is CRPS type I?
Autonomic dysfunction precipitated by non-nerve related injury or surgery
NO associated cause!
What are the symptoms of CRPS?
Sudden onset of pain
Sudomotor: increased sweating, erythema, edema
Vasomotor: temp changes
Motor: tremor, decreased ROM, weakness
What is fibromyalgia?
Widespread pain, sleep disturbances, fatigue, depression for over 3 months with no other explainable cause
WPI > 7, SS >5
What is myofascial pain syndrome?
Painful taut band and palpation of this produced same symptoms