7/23/2019 Case Study - (Re)Introducing the Case - Pain Management

7. Case Study - (Re)Introducing the Case

(Re)Introducing the Case DESCRIPTION & INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCING THE CASE

Case Snippet
1. PRE-COURSE SELF ASSESSMENT
Case: A 57 y.o. female with type II diabetes is admitted
2. BASIC DEFINITIONS & PAIN PHYSIOLOGY
for treatment of poorly controlled diabetes and acute
BASIC DEFINITIONS & CLINICAL
cellulitis of the right leg and foot. She is taking naprosyn
IMPLICATIONS
500mg BID and hydrodocone 5mg/acetaminophen PAIN PATHWAY
500mg, 2 tablets every 4 hours for pain. There is PATHOPHYSIOLOGY & CINICAL
IMPLICATIONS
induration of the right foot with shiny skin, 2+ pitting
CLASSIFICATIONS OF PAIN
edema at the ankle, and faint pedal pulses. She is unable CASE SNIPPET
to detect light touch from the toe-tips to the ankles
3. PAIN ASSESSMENT & PAIN PHYSIOLOGY
bilaterally. She lives with her husband and works part-

time as a cashier at a local convenience store. She has PRINCIPLES OF PAIN ASSESSMENT
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DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSES
not worked for 1 week. She admits to feeling "low" lately.
4. TREATMENT PLANNING

00:00 INTRODUCTION
CASE SNIPPET
ACUTE EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC PAIN
TREATMENT PRINCIPLES & METHODS
CASE SNIPPET #2
TREATMENT TIME COURSE

5. REFERRAL

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RESPONSIBLE OPIOID PRESCRIBING

CASE SNIPPET
DEFINITIONS OF ADDICTION, TOLERANCE
& PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE

7. CASE STUDY

OBJECTIVES & COMPETENCIES

(RE)INTRODUCING THE CASE
CASE STUDY EXAMINATION
POST-COURSE SELF ASSESSMENT

EVALUATION

DEFINITIONS (from IASP)

TABLES

SELECTED KEY REFERENCES

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