Common Pain Syndromes Older Adults

Postoperative Pain in Elders: Problems Receive less analgesia, given less pain medication than younger patients Given IM route and used prn despite evidence that these are ineffective –IM: Muscle wasting and less fatty tissue = unreliable absorption –prn: elders reluctant to ask, lag time long, doses inadequate Gibson SJ, Weiner DK, (eds.): Pain in Older Persons. Progress in Pain Research and Management, IASP Press, 2005