Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 200647
Pain syndromes in patients with HPB malignancies
Pain syndromes in patients with HPB malignancies // Abstract Book / Depolo, Arsen ; Rahelić, Velimir (ur.).
Zagreb: Printing, 2001. (predavanje, domaća recenzija, sažetak, stručni)
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Naslov
Pain syndromes in patients with HPB malignancies
Autori
Dobrila-Dintinjana, Renata
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni
Izvornik
Abstract Book
/ Depolo, Arsen ; Rahelić, Velimir - Zagreb : Printing, 2001
Skup
4th Alpe-Adria congress of hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery and medicine and 4th congress of Croatian association of digestive surgery
Mjesto i datum
Rijeka, Hrvatska; Opatija, Hrvatska, 27.09.2001. - 29.09.2001
Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje
Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija
Ključne riječi
pain; HPB malignancies
Sažetak
There are curently over 14 milion people suffering from cancer, at least 4 milion have cancer pain. Pain affects every aspect of the sufferers life and the life of the family, caregivers and healthcare profesionals. Pain is multidimensional experience ; it has psychological, emotional and physiological components. Cancer pain may be due to direct tumor involvement, due to anticancer treatment, due to tHe other disease. Due to underlying neural mechanisms, Cacner pain may be nociceptive, neuropathic, sympathetically maintained. Cancer pain is best treated with a multidisciplinary approach. The main treatments for cancer pain are : oral analgesics, antidepressanst, anticonvulsants, neuroleptics, antihistamines, regional neurlolytic blocks, neurolitic spinal techiques, radiation therapy, radionuclides. The WHO three ladder step provide an important framework for use of analgesics in cancer patients. Surgical techiques are used to excise accessible tumors, reduce tumor mass, remove obstructions or mobilise tussue. Nerve blocks are used for more permanent pain control. One of the most frequently cited reason for the undertreatment of pain is the fear for causing opiod addiction. Addiction in patients who receive opioid drugs for cancer pain control does not excist. Special problems in releiving pain are pain in elderly, breakthrough pain and opiod-poorly responsive cancer pain.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti
POVEZANOST RADA
