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POSTOPERATIVE opioid-induced respiratory depression (RD) 1 has gained increasing attention as a potentially preventable cause of death and brain damage after surgery. Cashman and Dolin 2 performed a meta-analysis of 165 articles on postoperative pain management involving almost 20,000 patients who had thoracic, abdominal, major gynecological, or major orthopedic surgery using a single.
Using opioid analgesics to treat pain is widely accepted for patients experiencing acute pain, cancer-related pain, or terminal illness. 9 However, the CDC recommends nonopioid and nonpharmacologic interventions as first-line approaches for the treatment of chronic pain not related to cancer or end-of-life care. 10 If opioids are needed for chronic pain, they should be used in conjunction with.
The INCB reports that this limited distribution of narcotics for pain relief is particularly troubling since 70% of the deaths from cancer occur in low and middle income countries. Further, the INCB projects that “without sustained action” the occurrence of cancer will increase 70% in middle-income countries and 82% in lower-income countries by 2030 ( 15 ).
Palliative care for patients with long-lasting incurable diseases, including advanced cervical cancer, offers medical, emotional, social and spiritual support. The palliative care team includes health professionals such as physicians and nurses, community health workers, and many family caregivers.
Pain, a complex experience consisting of a physiological and a psychological response to a noxious stimulus.Pain is a warning mechanism that protects an organism by influencing it to withdraw from harmful stimuli; it is primarily associated with injury or the threat of injury. Pain is subjective and difficult to quantify, because it has both an affective and a sensory component.
Endometriosis is a painful condition that can cause infertility. About one in 10 women of childbearing age have it, including these 13 famous women.
Dorothy Foltz-Gray has been a freelance writer and editor specializing in health, fitness, food, and personal essays for 18 years. A former editor of books and magazines at Whittle Communications in Knoxville, Tennessee, she is also the author of Clean Sweep; Make Pain Disappear; Alternative Treatments for Arthritis: An A to Z Guide; and co-author of Food Cures.