Change Pain: Ever Evolving—An Update for 2016

Since 1986, the pharmacological management of pain was mainly based on the WHO “analgesic ladder”, with very few drugs available. The huge development of the basic knowledge on pain and its therapy, especially in the past 15 years, has made the “guidelines” of WHO obsolete. That’s why, during the pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Pergolizzi, Joseph V., Paladini, Antonella, Varrassi, Giustino, Raffa, Robert B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Healthcare 2016
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Editorial
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5130908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27743137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40122-016-0058-x
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Sumario:Since 1986, the pharmacological management of pain was mainly based on the WHO “analgesic ladder”, with very few drugs available. The huge development of the basic knowledge on pain and its therapy, especially in the past 15 years, has made the “guidelines” of WHO obsolete. That’s why, during the presidency of EFIC of one of the authors (GV), an international advisory board was proposed to review the document, but mainly to ameliorate the approach to the pain patients.

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