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Hume E. The concomitant assessment of pain and dyspnea in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; is pain an understudied factor? Chron Respir Dis 2022; 19:14799731221105516. [PMID: 35699076 PMCID: PMC9201365 DOI: 10.1177/14799731221105516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Emily Hume
- Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, 373117Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Clarke SY, Williams MT, Johnston KN, Lee AL. The prevalence and assessment of pain and dyspnoea in acute exacerbations of COPD: A systematic review. Chron Respir Dis 2022; 19:14799731221105518. [PMID: 35698999 PMCID: PMC9201350 DOI: 10.1177/14799731221105518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Dyspnoea and pain are symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This review focused upon pain and dyspnoea during hospital admissions for acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD), with the aim of examining prevalence, assessment, clinical associations, and researcher-reported implications of these symptoms. METHODS Four electronic databases were searched from inception to 31 May 2021. Full text versions of studies were assessed for methodological quality and data were extracted independently by two reviewers. Where data permitted, pooled prevalence of pain and dyspnoea were calculated by meta-analysis. RESULTS Four studies were included. The pooled prevalence of pain and dyspnoea was 44% (95% confidence interval (CI) 35%-52%) and 91% (95% CI 87%-94%) respectively. An array of instruments with varying focal periods were reported (pain: six tools, dyspnoea: four tools). Associations and clinical implications between the two symptoms at the time of hospital admission were rarely reported. CONCLUSIONS Few studies reported prevalence of pain and dyspnoea during an AECOPD. A greater understanding into the prevalence, intensity and associations of these symptoms during AECOPD could be furthered by use of standardised assessment tools with clearly defined focal periods.
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- Stephanie Y Clarke
- Department of Physiotherapy, School
of Primary and Allied Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health
Sciences, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia
- Physiotherapy Department, Eastern Health, Victoria, Australia
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- IMPlementation And Clinical
Translation in Health (IIMPACT), Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South
Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- IMPlementation And Clinical
Translation in Health (IIMPACT), Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South
Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Physiotherapy, School
of Primary and Allied Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health
Sciences, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia
- Centre for Allied Health Research
and Education, Cabrini Health, Victoria, Australia
- Institute for Breathing and
Sleep, Victoria, Australia
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Jelinčić V, Torta DM, Van Diest I, von Leupoldt A. The effects of unpredictability and negative affect on perception and neural gating in different interoceptive modalities. Biol Psychol 2022; 169:108267. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Mori K, Tabusadani M, Yamane K, Takao S, Kuroyama Y, Matsumura Y, Ono K, Kawahara K, Omatsu S, Fujiwara K, Furuuchi K, Morimoto K, Kimura H, Senjyu H. Effects of pain on depression, sleep, exercise tolerance, and quality of life in patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease. Medicine (Baltimore) 2021; 100:e26249. [PMID: 34115015 PMCID: PMC8202577 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000026249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
Abstract
The experience and causes of pain in patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) have not been clarified.This study aimed to determine the prevalence and severity of bodily pain (BP) in patients with NTM-PD. We also investigated the clinical indicators that contribute to pain.We used a retrospective cross-sectional study design. The participants were 114 NTM-PD patients (109 women) with a mean age of 65 years. The prevalence and severity of pain were measured using 2 items from the 36-Item Short Form Survey version 2 (SF-36), and the BP score was calculated. Functional limitation due to dyspnea was quantified using the Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea Scale (mMRC), depression was assessed using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), sleep quality was assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI); health-related quality of life was assessed using the Leicester Cough Questionnaire (LCQ), and exercise tolerance was measured using the Incremental Shuttle Walk Test (ISWT).Pain was reported by 70.2% of the patients (n = 80), and of these, 35.7% (n = 25) reported moderate to very severe pain. NTM-PD patients with high levels of pain had significantly higher scores on the mMRC, CES-D, and PSQI scores, and significantly lower performance on the ISWT and LCQ. Multiple regression analysis identified ISWT, CES-D, and PSQI as independent factors that affected BP scores.Our findings suggest that pain significantly impacts daily life associated with reduced exercise tolerance, the presence of depressive symptoms, and poor sleep quality in patients with NTM-PD.
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- Kosuke Mori
- Department of Clinical Mycobacteriology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki
- Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation Center, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association
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- Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation Center, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association
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- Department of Clinical Mycobacteriology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki
- Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation Center, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association
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- Department of Clinical Mycobacteriology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki
- Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation Center, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association
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- Department of Clinical Mycobacteriology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki
- Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation Center, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association
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- Department of Clinical Mycobacteriology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki
- Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation Center, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association
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- Department of Clinical Mycobacteriology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki
- Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation Center, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association
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- Department of Clinical Mycobacteriology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki
- Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation Center, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association
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- Department of Clinical Mycobacteriology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki
- Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation Center, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association
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- Respiratory Diseases Center, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo
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- Respiratory Diseases Center, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo
- Department of Basic Mycobacteriology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki
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- Respiratory Diseases Center, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo
- Division of Clinical Research, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Mycobacteriology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki
- Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation Center, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association
- Respiratory Diseases Center, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo
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- Department of Clinical Mycobacteriology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki
- Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation Center, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association
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Qualitative measurement of opioid effects on pain and dyspnea: gender difference in the sensitivity. JA Clin Rep 2020; 6:85. [PMID: 33079325 PMCID: PMC7575662 DOI: 10.1186/s40981-020-00391-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background An increasing number of patients come to the operating room in use of opioid analgesics. They have different levels of tolerance to opioid effects which challenge the anesthesiologists in search of safe and effective opioid dosing perioperatively. The tested hypothesis is that simple measures introduced will allow us to measure tolerance qualitatively. Opioid effects on pain (analgesia) and dyspnea sensations (relieving effect) are tested. Patients were allocated to three groups according to pre-operative analgesics: (1) control, without any opioid analgesics, (2) weak opioid, and (3) strong opioid. Pressure pain threshold (PPT) and no-respiratory sensation period (NRSP) were measured at two points: before and 3 min after intravenous fentanyl administration. Results A total of 58 (43 controls, 9 weak opioids, and 6 strong opioids) patients were enrolled. PPT and NRSP, after iv 2 μg/kg ideal body weight (IBW) fentanyl, were significantly elevated in the control patients (PPT: 6.2 ± 2.1 N to 9.2 ± 3.9 N, p < 0.0001, NRSP: 17.8 ± 10.8 s to 22.8 ± 18.7 s, p < 0.005, paired t test). However, preoperative opioid use, though with tendency, did not show a significant decrease of the opioid effect. Due to an insufficient number of participants, no conclusion could be drawn. Further analysis of the data from control patients showed a significant difference between the two sexes in sensitivity to PPT and NRSP, as well as fentanyl effect on PPT. Conclusions Current data showed a simple method of measuring the opioid effect on two dimensions: pain and respiration. Though not able to show a qualitative measurement of tolerance formation in opioid-users, data from control patients showed females to be more sensitive to pain and dyspnea but is less sensitive to the opioid effect. Further studies are necessary to show whether these gender differences serve as clinical relevance. Trial registration UMIN, UMIN 000011580. Registered 27 August 2013, https://upload.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr/ctr.cgi?function=brows&action=brows&type=summary&recptno=R000013352&language=J
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Chen YW, Camp PG, Coxson HO, Road JD, Guenette JA, Hunt MA, Reid WD. A Comparison of Pain, Fatigue, Dyspnea and their Impact on Quality of Life in Pulmonary Rehabilitation Participants with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. COPD 2017; 15:65-72. [PMID: 29227712 DOI: 10.1080/15412555.2017.1401990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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In addition to dyspnea and fatigue, pain is a prevalent symptom in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Understanding the relative prevalence, magnitude, and interference with aspects of daily living of these symptoms can improve COPD management. Therefore, the purposes of this study were to: (1) compare the prevalence and magnitude of dyspnea, fatigue, and pain and how each limits aspects of daily living; (2) determine the association between pain and the other two symptoms; and (3) assess the impact of these symptoms on quality of life in COPD. Participants were recruited from pulmonary rehabilitation programs. Pain, dyspnea, and fatigue were measured using the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI), and Dyspnea Inventory (DI), respectively. Quality of life was measured using the Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ). The prevalence of dyspnea, fatigue, and pain were 93%, 77%, and 74%, respectively. Individuals with COPD reported similar severity scores of the three symptoms. Dyspnea interfered with general activity more than pain (F1.7,79.9 = 3.1, p < 0.05), whilst pain interfered with mood (F1.8, 82.7 = 3.6, p < 0.05) and sleep (F1,46 = 7.4, p < 0.01) more than dyspnea and fatigue. These three symptoms were moderately-to-highly correlated with each other (ρ = 0.49-0.78, p < 0.01) and all individually impacted quality of life. In summary, pain is a common symptom in addition to dyspnea and fatigue in COPD; all three interfere similarly among aspects of daily living with some exceptions. Accordingly, management of COPD should include a multifaceted approach that addresses pain as well as dyspnea and fatigue.
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- Yi-Wen Chen
- a Department of Physical Therapy , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , BC Canada
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- b Department of Physical Therapy, and Centre for Heart Lung Innovation , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , BC Canada
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- c Department of Radiology, and Centre for Heart Lung Innovation , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , BC Canada
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- d Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , BC Canada
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- b Department of Physical Therapy, and Centre for Heart Lung Innovation , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , BC Canada
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- a Department of Physical Therapy , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , BC Canada
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- e Department of Physical Therapy , University of Toronto , Toronto , ON Canada
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Lee AL, Goldstein RS, Brooks D. Chronic Pain in People With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Prevalence, Clinical and Psychological Implications. CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES (MIAMI, FLA.) 2017; 4:194-203. [PMID: 28848931 PMCID: PMC5556911 DOI: 10.15326/jcopdf.4.3.2016.0172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Background: Although pain is a common symptom in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pain characteristics such as frequency, duration and type are unclear. The primary study aim was to identify these pain characteristics in individuals with COPD versus healthy control participants. The secondary aim was to explore the clinical and psychological associations with pain in those with COPD. Methods: Participants with COPD and age and gender-matched, healthy controls completed questionnaires to elicit pain characteristics. Those with COPD also had assessments of dyspnea, health-related quality of life, psychological associations (anxiety and depression) and physical activity. Results: Sixty-four participants with COPD (mean [standard deviation (SD)] age 71[10] , forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1] 38% predicted) and 64 control participants (mean [SD] age 67 [13] , FEV1 91% predicted) were included. Chronic pain was more prevalent in individuals with COPD compared to control participants (41% versus 29%, p=0.03). The pain was more prevalent in the chest and upper back (p=0.04). COPD participants with chest or upper back pain had a higher total lung capacity (mean difference 2.0L, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.6 to 3.0L) compared to COPD participants without pain. Greater dyspnea (p<0.001), more depression (p=0.02) and lower physical activity levels (p=0.03) were also present in people with COPD experiencing pain. Conclusions: Chronic pain is common in COPD. It is associated with higher dyspnea and depression and lower physical activity.
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- Annemarie L. Lee
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Dangers L, Laviolette L, Similowski T, Morélot-Panzini C. Interactions Between Dyspnea and the Brain Processing of Nociceptive Stimuli: Experimental Air Hunger Attenuates Laser-Evoked Brain Potentials in Humans. Front Physiol 2015; 6:358. [PMID: 26648875 PMCID: PMC4664703 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2015] [Accepted: 11/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Dyspnea and pain share several characteristics and certain neural networks and interact with each other. Dyspnea-pain counter-irritation consists of attenuation of preexisting pain by intercurrent dyspnea and has been shown to have neurophysiological correlates in the form of inhibition of the nociceptive spinal reflex RIII and laser-evoked potentials (LEPs). Experimentally induced exertional dyspnea inhibits RIII and LEPs, while “air hunger” dyspnea does not inhibit RIII despite its documented analgesic effects. We hypothesized that air hunger may act centrally and inhibit LEPs. LEPs were obtained in 12 healthy volunteers (age: 21–29) during spontaneous breathing (FB), ventilator-controlled breathing (VC) tailored to FB, after inducing air hunger by increasing the inspired fraction of carbon dioxide -FiCO2- (VCCO2), and during ventilator-controlled breathing recovery (VCR). VCCO2 induced intense dyspnea (visual analog scale = 63% ± 6% of full scale, p < 0.001 vs. VC), predominantly of the air hunger type. VC alone reduced the amplitude of the N2-P2 component of LEPs (Δ = 24.0% ± 21.1%, p < 0.05, effect-size = 0.74) predominantly through a reduction in P2, and the amplitude of this inhibition was further reduced by inducting air hunger (Δ = 22.6% ± 17.9%, p < 0.05, effect-size = 0.53), predominantly through a reduction in N2. Somatosensory-evoked potentials (SEPs) were not affected by VC or VCCO2, suggesting that the observed effects are specific to pain transmission. We conclude that air hunger interferes with the cortical mechanisms responsible for the cortical response to painful laser skin stimulation, which provides a neurophysiological substrate to the central nature of its otherwise documented analgesic effects.
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- Laurence Dangers
- Sorbonne Universités, University Pierre et Marie Curie Univ Paris 06, UMR_S 1158 "Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique" Paris, France ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR_S 1158 "Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique" Paris, France ; Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière Charles Foix, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Médicale (Département "R3S") Paris, France
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- Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec Québec, QC, Canada
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- Sorbonne Universités, University Pierre et Marie Curie Univ Paris 06, UMR_S 1158 "Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique" Paris, France ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR_S 1158 "Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique" Paris, France ; Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière Charles Foix, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Médicale (Département "R3S") Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, University Pierre et Marie Curie Univ Paris 06, UMR_S 1158 "Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique" Paris, France ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR_S 1158 "Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique" Paris, France ; Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière Charles Foix, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Médicale (Département "R3S") Paris, France
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The palliative care population is generally vulnerable to experiencing medication-induced adverse effects and drug–drug interactions. Neuromodulation may offer particular advantages over systemic medications in this population. Spinal cord stimulation and peripheral nerve stimulation have long been utilized in efforts to provide analgesia for various painful conditions. More recently, deep brain stimulation/motor cortex stimulation has anecdotally been utilized for certain intractable pain states. Although brain electrical stimulation has not been adequately trialed or in some cases even tried at all for management of a variety of symptoms, it is conceivable that in the future it may be a potential therapeutic option in efforts to palliate various severe refractory symptoms (eg, intractable pain, nausea, dyspnea, delirium).
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- Howard S. Smith
- Department of Anesthesiology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA
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Yashiro E, Nozaki-Taguchi N, Isono S, Nishino T. Effects of different forms of dyspnoea on pain perception induced by cold-pressor test. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2011; 177:320-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2011.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2011] [Revised: 05/11/2011] [Accepted: 05/12/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Borge CR, Wahl AK, Moum T. Pain and quality of life with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Heart Lung 2011; 40:e90-101. [PMID: 21444112 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2010.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2010] [Revised: 10/06/2010] [Accepted: 10/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Pain as a symptom may be underrecognized in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to explore the prevalence and intensity of pain, its location, how demographic and clinical variables may be related to pain, and how pain is associated with quality of life (QOL). METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 154 patients with COPD answered the Brief Pain Inventory, Respiratory Quality of Life Questionnaire, and Quality of Life Scale, and performed spirometry. RESULTS Seventy-two percent of the patients indicated the location of pain on a body diagram. Lower lung function, higher score of pain intensity, and pain interference were associated with lower disease QOL. A higher score of pain interference was associated with lower global QOL. When controlling for disease QOL in the equation of global QOL, pain interference was no longer significant. CONCLUSION The experience of pain is related to disease QOL in patients with COPD.
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- Christine Råheim Borge
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Oslo, Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, Oslo, Norway.
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Nishino T, Yashiro E, Yogo H, Isono S, Shinozuka N, Ishikawa T. Reply to the letter to the editor. Pain 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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De Peuter S, Van den Bergh O, Vlaeyen JW. Breathtaking! About the comparison of the subjective sensations of pain and dyspnea. Pain 2010; 149:411-412. [PMID: 20363076 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2010] [Accepted: 03/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Steven De Peuter
- Research Group Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Tiensestraat 102, Box 3726, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium Research Group Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Tiensestraat 102, Box 3726, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, Netherlands
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