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Integration of Specialized Pain Control Services in Palliative Care: A Nationwide Web-based Survey
INTRODUCTION: Pain control is an important part of palliative care (PC), and conventional analgesics do not provide adequate pain relief to all patients. Many patients present with complex pain syndromes that require interventional pain control measures usually deployed by pain specialists. There is...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5412131/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28503043 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1075.204233 |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Pain control is an important part of palliative care (PC), and conventional analgesics do not provide adequate pain relief to all patients. Many patients present with complex pain syndromes that require interventional pain control measures usually deployed by pain specialists. There is adequate integration of specialized pain control services with PC elsewhere, but information about the same in our country is lacking. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An internet survey was conducted among palliative specialists regarding the need and availability of pain specialists for their patients suffering from complex pain syndromes. Their attitude toward integrating specialized pain control services in their practice was also explored. RESULTS: Majority of palliative physicians came across situations where specialists in pain would control the patients’ pain better. There was a poor availability of such services, and when available, the cost was significant. It is heartening to note that though there is poor integration of specialized pain control services with palliation, palliative physicians acknowledge the need for pain specialists and their techniques for providing pain relief for their patients. CONCLUSIONS: Effective pain control is needed in palliation, barriers however exist, and there is a need to make pain specialists and interventional techniques more freely available. |
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spelling | pubmed-54121312017-05-12 Integration of Specialized Pain Control Services in Palliative Care: A Nationwide Web-based Survey Page, Nivedita Dilip Indian J Palliat Care Original Article INTRODUCTION: Pain control is an important part of palliative care (PC), and conventional analgesics do not provide adequate pain relief to all patients. Many patients present with complex pain syndromes that require interventional pain control measures usually deployed by pain specialists. There is adequate integration of specialized pain control services with PC elsewhere, but information about the same in our country is lacking. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An internet survey was conducted among palliative specialists regarding the need and availability of pain specialists for their patients suffering from complex pain syndromes. Their attitude toward integrating specialized pain control services in their practice was also explored. RESULTS: Majority of palliative physicians came across situations where specialists in pain would control the patients’ pain better. There was a poor availability of such services, and when available, the cost was significant. It is heartening to note that though there is poor integration of specialized pain control services with palliation, palliative physicians acknowledge the need for pain specialists and their techniques for providing pain relief for their patients. CONCLUSIONS: Effective pain control is needed in palliation, barriers however exist, and there is a need to make pain specialists and interventional techniques more freely available. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5412131/ /pubmed/28503043 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1075.204233 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Indian Journal of Palliative Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Page, Nivedita Dilip Integration of Specialized Pain Control Services in Palliative Care: A Nationwide Web-based Survey |
title | Integration of Specialized Pain Control Services in Palliative Care: A Nationwide Web-based Survey |
title_full | Integration of Specialized Pain Control Services in Palliative Care: A Nationwide Web-based Survey |
title_fullStr | Integration of Specialized Pain Control Services in Palliative Care: A Nationwide Web-based Survey |
title_full_unstemmed | Integration of Specialized Pain Control Services in Palliative Care: A Nationwide Web-based Survey |
title_short | Integration of Specialized Pain Control Services in Palliative Care: A Nationwide Web-based Survey |
title_sort | integration of specialized pain control services in palliative care: a nationwide web-based survey |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5412131/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28503043 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1075.204233 |
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