Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin, Schmerztherapie : AINS
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Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther · Apr 2018
Review Case Reports[Case Report: Opioid Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain].
Within this case report we describe and discuss the treatment of a patient with chronic low back pain complaining about severe pain, reduced functionality and symptoms of depression, who was treated with long-term opioids (480 mg morphine equivalents). According to the recommendation of current guidelines we successfully reduced the opioid daily dose and discharged the patient with 28 mg morphine equivalents, improved physical functionality and reduced chronic pain intensity following a specific interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation programme for seniors.
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Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther · Apr 2018
Review[Organisation of Perioperative Pain Management].
Organisational issues of acute pain management are as important as details of pharmacologic treatments or regional analgesia. Lothar Lachgas is a young intern in the department of anaesthesiology of a German hospital. This overview illuminates organisation of perioperative pain management based on his virtual experiences and questions: pain assessment and documentation, patient information and education, tasks of an Acute Pain Service.