Physiology and Treatment of Pain

Helms, Jennifer E.; Barone, Claudia P.

doi:10.4037/ccn2008.28.6.38

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“…The pain is described as poorly localized, shooting, burning, fiery, shock-like, sharp and as a painful numbness. This type of pain is seen after an amputation, mastectomy, and a spinal injury with nerve compression and with diabetic neuropathy (Helms & Barone, 2008). Regardless of the type, acute pain stimulates the body's sympathetic nervous system resulting in a "fight or flight" response (Helms & Barone, 2008).…”

Section: Pain Definition and Physiologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This type of pain is seen after an amputation, mastectomy, and a spinal injury with nerve compression and with diabetic neuropathy (Helms & Barone, 2008). Regardless of the type, acute pain stimulates the body's sympathetic nervous system resulting in a "fight or flight" response (Helms & Barone, 2008). The physiological reaction from the sympathetic nervous system stimulation includes an increase in heart and respiratory rates, sweating, dilated pupils, restlessness and apprehension (Helms & Barone, 2008).…”

Section: Pain Definition and Physiologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The second smaller and slower nerve fibers are called C fibers. These produce the more constant pain of burning or aching sensations (Helms & Barone, 2008). In the third phase, perception is characterized by the awareness of painful stimuli.…”

Section: Pain Definition and Physiologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Studies related to aging and pain perception are limited and conflicting. It is known that there is a decrease in the density of nerve fibers associated with aging and nerve conduction and studies point to prolonged latencies in peripheral nerve cells (Helms & Barone, 2008). These findings may affect the transduction phase of pain, increasing the time to perception of pain.…”

Section: Pain Perception In Older Adultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Is There a Difference in Pain Management of Patients with Upper Extremity Injuries in Relation to Age?

Pappas

2015

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<p>Timely and appropriate analgesia for the treatment of long bone fractures is a primary goal of Emergency Departments. Despite incentives from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid and accreditation agencies studies have found the existence of pain management disparities. The purpose of this research study was to conduct a retrospective chart review to investigate if patients with an upper extremity long bone fracture received pain medication within 60 minutes of arrival to the ED and to identify if there was a difference in the pain management of patients, with identical injuries, by age. Katharine Kolcaba’s comfort theory was used to guide the implementation of this project. Pain medication was provided within 60 minutes in 63% of the participants aged 69 and under and 56% of those aged 70 and older. A larger disparity occurred between the groups being medicated appropriately according to the World Health Organization’s guidelines for pain management with 63% of participants aged 18-69 receiving the appropriate pain medication compared to 45 % of participants in the 70 and over age group. The APRN has the opportunity to educate the nurses and members of the interdisciplinary team through evidence based practice in the safe and effective methods for treating acute pain across the lifespan.</p>

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Section: Pain Definition and Physiologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Pain Definition and Physiologymentioning

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Section: Pain Definition and Physiologymentioning

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Section: Pain Perception In Older Adultsmentioning

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Is There a Difference in Pain Management of Patients with Upper Extremity Injuries in Relation to Age?

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2015

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“…At birth, human babies are able to feel pain. By 24 weeks GA nociceptive pathways are fully developed and functioning (Helms & Barone, 2008). Shorter nerve tracts in infants means that pain impulses have less distance to travel as compared to adults (Anand, Phil, & Carr, 1989).…”

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Oral sucrose for pain control in nonneonate infants during minor painful procedures

McCall¹,

DeCristofaro

Elliott

2012

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners

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Oral sucrose solution should be used as a pain reduction intervention in infants up to 12 months of age undergoing minor painful procedures. Its proven effectiveness as an analgesic, low rate of minor adverse events, ease of administration, and excellent availability make sucrose a good choice for this purpose. Additional research is needed regarding dose response in different infant age groups, optimal concentration of sucrose solution, need for multiple sucrose dosing, adjustment for multiple painful procedures, and addition of optimal nonpharmacologic interventions as a combination approach.

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A meta-ethnography of how children and young people with chronic non-cancer pain and their families experience and understand their condition, pain services, and treatments

France,

Uny,

Turley

et al. 2023

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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Physiology and Treatment of Pain

Cited by 42 publications

References 51 publications

Is There a Difference in Pain Management of Patients with Upper Extremity Injuries in Relation to Age?

Is There a Difference in Pain Management of Patients with Upper Extremity Injuries in Relation to Age?

Oral sucrose for pain control in nonneonate infants during minor painful procedures

A meta-ethnography of how children and young people with chronic non-cancer pain and their families experience and understand their condition, pain services, and treatments

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