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      Manejo no adecuado del dolor por cáncer en Costa Rica: ¿un problema de formación académica? Translated title: Inadequate management of cancer pain in Costa Rica: A problem related to academic preparation?

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          Objetivo: evaluar el conocimiento de un grupo de médicos residentes del programa de especialidades médicas sobre las pautas de la Organización Mundial de la Salud para el tratamiento del dolor en los pacientes con cáncer. Métodos: para la recolección de los datos se utilizó un cuestionario anónimo y auto administrado. El mismo constaba de 18 preguntas, bajo la modalidad de preguntas abiertas y cerradas; el cual fue aplicado a 70 médicos residentes de ciertas especialidades del programa de especialidades médicas del Centro de Desarrollo Estratégico e Información en Salud y Seguridad Social que se encontraban en formación en el Hospital Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia. Resultados: de acuerdo al análisis estadístico el porcentaje promedio de conocimiento logrado fue de un 51,6%, sin que se encontrara diferencias en cuanto a especialidad o año de formación. El 89,9% indicó que no tienen una adecuada formación académica sobre el manejo del dolor de origen oncológico. Conclusiones: existe un serio problema de conocimiento por parte de los médicos residentes analizados sobre los pilares claves en el adecuado tratamiento analgésico del paciente con cáncer. Debe incluirse este tema dentro los programas académicos de medicina, tanto en pregrado como en posgrado.

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          Objective: To evaluate knowledge level of medical residents from the Medical Specialties Program of the World Health Organization guidelines for the treatment of cancer pain. Methods: For data collection, an anonymous and self-administered questionnaire was used. This survey had 18 questions, both open and closed-ended. It was applied to 70 medical residents of the Medical Specialties Program of the Center for Strategic Development and Health Information on Social Security that were undertaking professional training at the Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia Hospital. Results: According to the statistical analysis, the average value of knowledge attained was 51.6%. No differences were found among residents with regard to the area of specialty or years in training. In 89.9% of the cases, it was found that residents do not have proper academic preparation on management of cancer pain. Conclusions: There is a serious lack of knowledge by residents on the key pillars of proper analgesic treatment of cancer patients. This subject must be included on the Medicine academic programs, both at undergraduate as well as graduate level

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          Management of cancer pain: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines.

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            Addiction to opioids in chronic pain patients: a literature review.

            Opioids have proven very useful for treatment of acute pain and cancer pain, and in the developed countries opioids are increasingly used for treatment of chronic non-malignant pain patients as well. This literature review aims at giving an overview of definitions, mechanisms, diagnostic criteria, incidence and prevalence of addiction in opioid treated pain patients, screening tools for assessing opioid addiction in chronic pain patients and recommendations regarding addiction problems in national and international guidelines for opioid treatment in cancer patients and chronic non-malignant pain patients. The review indicates that the prevalence of addiction varied from 0% up to 50% in chronic non-malignant pain patients, and from 0% to 7.7% in cancer patients depending of the subpopulation studied and the criteria used. The risk of addiction has to be considered when initiating long-term opioid treatment as addiction may result in poor pain control. Several screening tools were identified, but only a few were thoroughly validated with respect to validity and reliability. Most of the identified guidelines mention addiction as a potential problem. The guidelines in cancer pain management are concerned with the fact that pain may be under treated because of fear of addiction, and the guidelines in management of non-malignant pain patients include warnings of addiction. According to the literature, it seems appropriate and necessary to be aware of the problems associated with addiction during long-term opioid treatment, and specialised treatment facilities for pain management or addiction medicine should be consulted in these cases.
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              High prevalence of pain in patients with cancer in a large population-based study in The Netherlands.

              At present, no definite conclusions can be drawn about the real extent of the pain suffered by cancer patients. A population-based study was conducted to obtain reliable information about the prevalence and severity of pain in cancer patients (all phases) and about predictors of pain. A representative sample of cancer patients was recruited in the area from a cancer registry. Pain was assessed by the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI). Adequacy of pain treatment was assessed with the Pain Management Index (PMI). We found that 55% of the 1429 respondents had experienced pain past week; in 44% (n=351), the pain was moderate to severe (BPI score>or= 4). Total prevalence of pain/moderate to severe pain was present in 49%/41% in patients with curative treatment >or=6 months ago, 57%/43% in patients with current curative treatment or treatment <6 months ago, 56%/43% in patients with current palliative anti-cancer treatment and in 75%/70% in patients for whom treatment was no longer feasible. Positive predictors of the prevalence of pain were lower education level, more advanced disease and haematological (excluding (non)-Hodgkin lymphoma), gastro-intestinal, lung, or breast malignancies. According to the PMI, analgesic treatment was inadequate in 42% of the patients. Negative predictors of adequate treatment were current curative anti-cancer treatment and low education level. A substantial proportion of cancer patients does suffer from moderate to severe pain and does not receive adequate pain treatment.
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                Acta Médica Costarricense
                Acta méd. costarric
                Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica (San José )
                0001-6012
                June 2014
                : 56
                : 2
                : 59-64
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Centro Nacional de Control del Dolor y Cuidados Paliativos
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                S0001-60022014000200005
                62ef9ccf-64fb-4951-8ed6-e269adb5baa2

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                Health & Social care
                opioides,médicos,Cancer,pain,analgesics,opioids,physicians,cáncer,dolor,analgésicos
                Health & Social care
                opioides, médicos, Cancer, pain, analgesics, opioids, physicians, cáncer, dolor, analgésicos

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