Neuropathic Pain in the Elderly
Silvia Giovannini, Daniele Coraci, Fabrizio Brau, Vincenzo Galluzzo, Claudia Loreti, Pietro Caliandro, Luca Padua, Giulio Maccauro, Lorenzo Biscotti, Roberto Bernabei
Abstract
Neuropathic pain due to a lesion or a disease of the somatosensory system often affects older people presenting several comorbidities. Moreover, elderly patients are often poly-medicated, hospitalized and treated in a nursing home with a growing risk of drug interaction and recurrent hospitalization. Neuropathic pain in the elderly has to be managed by a multidimensional approach that involves several medical, social and psychological professionals in order to improve the quality of life of the patients and, where present, their relatives.
Topics & Concepts
Neuropathic painMedicineQuality of life (healthcare)DiseaseSomatosensory systemNursing homesIntensive care medicinePsychiatryAnesthesiaInternal medicineNursingPain Mechanisms and TreatmentsMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationPain Management and Opioid Use