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| Anything that reduces pain |
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| An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage |
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| T or F: Pain is perceived as multidimensional |
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| Sensory, Physiologic, Affective, Behavioral, Cognitive |
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| Which dimension of pain? "Pain perception" |
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| Which dimension of pain? "Transmission of nociceptive stimuli" |
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| Which dimension of pain? "Emotions, suffering" |
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| Which dimension of pain? "Behavioral responses" |
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| Which dimension of pain? "Beliefs, attitudes, evaluations, goals" |
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| What does OLDCARTS stand for? |
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O - Onset
L - Location
D - Duration
C - Characteristics
A - Aggravating & Alleviating factors
R - Radiation
T - Temporal (pattern)
S - Severity |
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| Constant pain that lasts for long periods of time |
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| Sudden flare-ups of pain that breakthrough the persistent pain |
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| What is the difference in treating persistent vs. breakthrough pain with opioid analgesics? |
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Persistent - requires long-acting opioid analgesics
Breakthrough - requires short-acting opioid analgesics |
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| Physiologic process that communicates tissue damage to the CNS |
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