OBJECTIVES After participating in the CME activity, primary care physicians should be able to: 1. Identify barriers to adequate pain management 2. Describe the key elements of pain assessment 3. Describe the principles of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic management of cancer pain 4. Understand the approach to use of analgesic agents presented in the World Health Organization analgesic ladder ...

Background: Virtual reality (VR) is a 3D environment-based simulation using computer technology that creates realistic multi-sensorial experience. VR allows users to simulate real-world scenarios in safe, attractive virtual space. Immersive has been proposed as non-pharmacologic approach cancer pain management. This systematic review aimed explore the role of management.
 Methods: The curr...

Parenteral opioids for pain relief during labor have been the subject of research for many decades. Commonly used systemic opioids provide limited pain relief during labor yet are used extensively for managing labor pain. These opioids share similar pharmacologic profiles but differ in potency, pharmacokinetics, and side effects. This article reviews the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and ...

Table of other common abbreviations. 1. Apply knowledge of the incidence, etiologies, and assessment of pain to the treatment of critically ill patients. 2. Develop evidence-based pain management strategies that include both nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic interventions and that account for transitions of care. 3. Design a pain control strategy for unique patient populations. 4. Evaluate sho...

OBJECTIVES This study measured the perceptions of cancer patients and caregivers in Utah concerning knowledge about and adequacy of pharmacologic cancer pain control. MATERIALS AND METHODS A descriptive survey was sent to a stratified random sample of adult cancer patients obtained from the Utah Tumor Registry. Questionnaires asked cancer patients and caregivers about their knowledge of pain ...

Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is defined as pain that originates from myofascial trigger points in skeletal muscle. It is prevalent in regional musculoskeletal pain syndromes, either alone or in combination with other pain generators. The appropriate evaluation and management of myofascial pain is an important part of musculoskeletal rehabilitation, and regional axial and limb pain syndromes. ...

Cancer-related facial pain refractory to pharmacologic management or nondestructive means is a major indication for destructive pain surgery. Stereotactic mesencephalotomy can be a valuable procedure in the management of cancer pain involving the upper extremities or the face, with the assistance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and electrophysiologic mapping. A 72-year-old man presented wit...