Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 385-391 , December 2004

Perianesthesia challenges in geriatric pain management

  • Doreen Paynter, MS, CRNP

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Doreen Paynter, MS, CRNP, Carroll Hospital Center, Advanced Pain Management Center, 292 Stoner Avenue, Westminster, MD 21157
  • ,
  • Myrna E. Mamaril, MS, APRN, CPAN, CAPA

References 

  1. Krenzischek DA , Wilson L , Newhouse R , Mamaril M , Kane HL . Clinical evaluation of the ASPAN pain and comfort guideline . J Perianesth Nurs . 2004;19:3
  2. Gloth FM . Principles of perioperative pain management in older adults . Clin Geriatr Med . 2001;17:3
  3. Lueckenotte AG . Gerontologic Nursing . (ed 2). St. Louis, MO: Mosby; 2000;
  4. Burke MM , Walsh MB . Gerontologic Nursing (Wholistic Care of the Older Adult) . (ed 2). St. Louis, MO: Mosby; 1997;
  5. Tallis R , Fillit H , Brocklehurst LC . Brocklehurst’s Textbook of Geriatric Medicine . New York, NY: Churchill Livingston; 1998;
  6. Helme RD , Gibson SJ . The epidemiolgy of pain in elderly people . Clin Geriatr Med . Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders; 2001;
  7. Rakel B , Herr K . Assessment and treatment of postoperative pain in older adults . J Perianesth Nurs . 2004;19:3
  8. Ferrell BA . Pain management in the elderly . Clin Geriatr Med . Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders; 2001;
  9. McCaffery M , Pasero C . Pain (Clinical Manual) . St. Louis, MO: Mosby, Inc; 1999;
  10. Acute Pain Management Guideline Panel . Acute pain management (operative or medical procedures and trauma) . Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 1992; Clinical Practice Guideline AHCPR Publication no. 92-0032
  11. Herr K , Garamd L . Assessment and measurement of pain in older adults . Clin Geriatr Med . 2001;17:3
  12. American Pain Society . Principles of Analgesic Use in the Treatment of Acute and Cancer Pain . (ed 5). Glenview, IL: American Pain Society; 2003;
  13. In:  Ballantyne J editors. The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Pain Management . (ed 2). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2002;
  14. Kemper JA . Pain management of older adults after discharge from outpatient surgery . Pain Manage Nurs . 2002;3:4
  15. Egbert AM . Postoperative pain management in the frail elderly . Clin Geriatr Med . 1996;12:3
  16. Bell GM , Schnitzer TJ . Cox-2 inhibitors and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the treatment of pain in the elderly . Clin Geriatr . 2001;17:3
  17. Wolfe M , Lichtenstein D , Singh G . Gastrointestinal toxicity of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs . N Engl J Med . 1999;340:1888
  18. Feinberg SD  American Academy of Pain Medicine . Prescribing analgesics (How to improve function and avoid toxicity when treating chronic pain) . Geriatrics . 2000;11:44–62
  19. Hutchison R . COX-2 selective NSAIDS . Am J Nurs . 2004;104:52–55
  20. Hylek EM , Heiman H , Skates SJ , Sheehan MA , Singer DE . Acetaminophen and other risk factors for excessive warfarin anticoagulation . JAMA . 1998;279:657–662

PII: S1089-9472(04)00293-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jopan.2004.08.007

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 385-391 , December 2004