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PALLIATIVE CARE PAIN & SYMPTOM CONTROL GUIDELINES …
www.england.nhs.ukPALLIATIVE CARE PAIN & SYMPTOM CONTROL GUIDELINES FOR ADULTS 9 PAIN 1. Pain assessment ¡ Good assessment is vital for effective management. ¡ Many palliative care patients have more than one pain. ¡ Assess each pain separately and if possible identify the likely cause of the pain. ¡ Pain may be constant or intermittent (breakthrough pain ...
GUIDELINES FOR RECOGNITION, ASSESSMENT AND …
wsava.orgof the animal acute exacerbations of the pain may occur (breakthrough pain), or new sources of acute pain may occur independently which may impact on the management of the underlying chronic pain state (‘acute on chronic pain’). For these animals aggressive pain management is required to restore the animal’s comfort.
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www.mdanderson.orgBreakthrough pain: Doses of short-acting opioids for breakthrough pain should be 10 to 20% of the total daily dose given every 1 to 4 hours as needed. Breakthrough opioids can be given as frequently as every 1 hour for oral doses or every 15 minutes if intravenous (assuming normal renal/hepatic function).
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www.ouh.nhs.ukpain. This might be qualitatively and anatomically distinct from pain related to disease progression or to breakthrough pain resulting from development of opioid tolerance. Pain associated with hyperalgesia tends to be more diffuse than the pre-existing pain and less defined in …