Chapter 44 Pain Management

Question 1

Acute Pain

Answer 1

Usually has a cause, sudden onset, and short duration.

Question 2

Chronic Pain

Answer 2

Prolonged, varies in intensity, usually longer than 3-6 months. It does not always have an identifiable cause.

Question 3

Idiopathic Pain

Answer 3

Chronic pain that does not have an identifiable cause

Question 4

Modulation

Answer 4

4th and final phase of the normal pain process. (Transduction, Transmission, Perception, then Modulation)

Question 5

Multimodal Analgesia

Answer 5

Combines drugs with at least 2 different MOA to optimize pain control.

Question 6

Nociception

Answer 6

Observable activity in the nervous system that allows people to detect pain.

Question 7

Pain Threshold

Answer 7

Pain threshold is the minimum intensity at which a person begins to perceive, or sense, a stimulus as being painful.

Question 8

Pain Tolerance

Answer 8

Level of pain a patient is willing to accept.

Question 9

Perineurial Infusions

Answer 9

Placement of a small tube (catheter) around a nerve or group of nerves in order to provide you relief from pain after surgery of your arm or leg. The tube will be connected to a machine (infusion pump) that will give you medicine continuously.

Question 10

TENS Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation

Answer 10

Can help reduce pain perception, how it works is unclear.