2013
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001411
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Untreated Pain, Narcotics Regulation, and Global Health Ideologies

Abstract: Pain management is marginalized or ignored, with millions of people worldwide unnecessarily living with untreated pain. Reducing global inequalities in untreated pain requires a concerted global effort, say Veronique Fraser and colleagues, which must attend to the complexity of pain and promote multimodal, multidisciplinary pain management.

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“…If acute pain is not properly managed, it can affect immune and nervous systems, and may progress and become chronic. Untreated pain can increase the risk of developing atelectasis, respiratory infections, myocardial ischemia, stroke, heart failure, and thromboembolic diseases in the patient (King & Fraser 2013).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…If acute pain is not properly managed, it can affect immune and nervous systems, and may progress and become chronic. Untreated pain can increase the risk of developing atelectasis, respiratory infections, myocardial ischemia, stroke, heart failure, and thromboembolic diseases in the patient (King & Fraser 2013).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Pediatric patients are one population group "suffering the burden of untreated or undertreated pain worldwide. Among many stakeholders, institutions and organizations must be a part of the effort to reduce these inequalities" [28]. Considering procedural pain management as a priority positively affects public health and the economy.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Pain is one of the most significant causes of suffering and disability worldwide, impairing the quality of life of affected individuals (King and Fraser, ; Taylor et al, ). Acute postoperative pain, which is a type of inflammatory pain that is caused by surgical procedures, affects a majority of patients, with less than 50% of them reporting adequate relief.…”
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confidence: 99%