Chapter 28 Vovab

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Acute pain

Back 1

Pain that lasts less than 6 months

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Addiction

Back 2

A maladaptive or compulsive use of a substance for effects that are not therapeutic

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Adjuvant

Back 3

Medication added to a regine, often in pain management, to increase therapeutic effects

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Allodynia

Back 4

Enhanced sensation of pain produced by an innocuous stimulus, such as a light touch

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Central sensitization

Back 5

Nociceptive nerve signals triggered by inflammation or nerve injury bombard the central nervous system from the periphery

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Dermatome

Back 6

The band of skin innervated by the sensory root of a single spinal nerve

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Endogenous opioids

Back 7

Chemical substances with an opioid effect produced by the body

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Exogenous opioids

Back 8

Opiate like sustances administered to the patient

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Hyperalgesia

Back 9

Enhanced sensation of pain produced by a noxious stimulus

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Multimodal therapy

Back 10

Uses two or more analgesics with different mechanisms of action to maximize pain relief and diminish side effects

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Neuropathic pain

Back 11

Pain caused by nerve damage

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Nociception

Back 12

The normal processing of painful stimuli described in terms of a four-step process that occurs when acute pain becomes a conscious event

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Nociceptive pain

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Occurs in tissues other than the nervous system and is transmitted via intact nociceptors during normal pain transmission

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Persistent (chronic) pain

Back 14

An abnormal pain signaling process with origins thar can occur both peripherally and centrally

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Somatic pain

Back 15

Pain that originates in bone, skin, and soft tissje and is often well located

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Suffering

Back 16

An emotional response to increased pain, associated with events that threaten a person's intactness

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Tolerance

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Occurs when a patient receives a drug such as an opioid, continuously over an extended period of time and a neuroadaptive response occurs, requiring a larger dose of the drug to produce the same effect

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Visceral pain

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A type of nociceptive pain that originates internally and is the result of srretching, distention, inflammation, or damage to the hollow and solid organs

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Opiod naive

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Taking opioids regularly for at least the past 7 to 10 days

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Equianalgesia

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Useful when patients need to switch from one drug to another. Compare other opioids to morphine 10 mg IV so the patient won't be as tolerant to the new med as the old.