Pain Management Flashcards
Pain management encounters are individual
patient interactions for the express purpose of
Intervening in an acute pain episode or a
chronic pain condition
Pain management: They must include a
patient assessment
before initiating a therapeutic action.
does not constitute a pain management
encounter
The administration of IV analgesics as an
adjunct to a regional or general anesthetic
Definition – Chronic pain is a
physical and emotional response to tissue damage that
lasts longer than the expected duration of pain.
Neuralgia –
pain following a distribution of a nerve or group of nerves
• Anesthesia dolorosa –
perception of pain in an area that lacks sensation
• Allodynia –
perception of a non‐painful stimulus as painful
• Anesthesia –
Lack of all sensation, painful or otherwise
Dysesthesia –
The presence of an unpleasant sensation whether or not a causitive stimulus is present
• Hypoalgesia –
Diminished response to painful stimuli
• Hyperalgesia –
Increased or aggravated response to painful stimuli
• Hyperesthesia –
Exaggerated response to a mild stimlus.
Hypoesthesia –
Reduced ability to sense cutaneous
stimuli such as light touch, pressure, or temperature
• Paresthesia –
Abnormal sensation that occurs without
stimuli (numbness, tingling, pins &needles)
• Radiculopathy –
Functional abnormality associated with at least one nerve root
• Neuropathic pain – Complex interaction between
peripheral and central pain mechanisms associated
with lesions of peripheral nerves, nerve roots,
ganglions, or spinal structures
Phantom pain –•
Sensation of pain in a limb that has
been amputated
Analgesia –
Lack of pain perception
• CRPS –
Complex regional pain syndrome.
CRPS there are two types.
Type I and Type II.
CRPS Characterized by
spontaneous pain, allodynia, hyperalgesia, sudomotor
and vasomotor dysfunction
What former name for CRPS Type I?
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
• What former name for CRPS Type II?
Causalgia
What former name for CRPS Type II?
Causalgia
