Revista española de geriatría y gerontología
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Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol · May 2016
[Analysis of palliative sedation in hospitalised elderly patients: Effectiveness of a protocol].
To measure changes in the practice of palliative sedation during agony in hospitalised elderly patients before and after the implementation of a palliative sedation protocol. ⋯ Use of midazolam slightly improved after the implementation of a hospital protocol on palliative sedation. The percentage of adequate sedations and the general process of sedation were mostly unchanged by the protocol. More education and further assessment is needed to gauge the effect of these measures in the future.
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Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol · May 2016
[Prevalence and aetiopathogenesis of neuropathic pain in elderly cancer patients].
The prevalence of neuropathic pain is difficult to estimate as most studies evaluating chronic pain do not differentiate neuropathic from nociceptive pain. There are only a few studies of neuropathic pain in the elderly, specifically in the oncology population. This article is a non-systematic review of the relevant evidence on the prevalence and aetiopathogenesis of neuropathic cancer pain in the elderly.