Pain Management

Question 1

lasts from seconds to less than 6 months

Answer 1

acute

Question 2

lasts for 6 months or longer; may be intermittent or continuous

Answer 2

chronic

Question 3

superficial usually involving skin or subcutaneous tissue

Answer 3

cutaneous

Question 4

sensation without demonstratable physiologic or pathologic substance; commonly observed after amputation of a limb

Answer 4

phantom

Question 5

results as a direct consequence of a lesion or disease affecting abnormal functioning of the PNS or CNS

Answer 5

neuropathic

Question 6

from a normal process that results in noxious stimuli being perceived as painful

Answer 6

nociceptive

Question 7

originating in structures in the body’s external wall (tendons, ligaments, bones)

Answer 7

somatic

Question 8

originating in the internal organs in the thorax, cranium, or abdomen; hard to locate & treat

Answer 8

visceral

Question 9

area removed from that in which stimulation has its origin (along dermatomes)

Answer 9

referred