Pain Medicine — Special Populations, Bioethics and Legal Aspects

Pain Medicine · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

A systematic study on pain management in special populations, the analysis of the bioethical boundaries of the end of life and the legislative and pharmacotherapeutic framework of the prescription of analgesics.

What it covers

1. Pain Medicine
2. Comparative Physiology and Neurobiology of Pain in Special Populations
3. · Physiology of the Nociceptive Axis and Neuronal Plasticity
4. · Pharmacokinetics and Comparative Pharmacodynamics
5. Pediatric and Developmental Pain
6. · Ontogeny of the Nociceptive System
7. · Pain Assessment Tools in Pediatrics
8. · Safe Pharmacotherapy and Neurotoxicity in the Developing Brain
9. Geriatric Pain and Assessment in Advanced Cognitive Impairment
10. · Aging of the Pain Pathways
11. · The Challenge of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
12. · Presbipharmacology and Safe Analgesic Selection
13. Pain in the Pregnant and Nursing Patient
14. · Physiological Adaptations of Pregnancy
15. · The Placental Barrier and Safety Classification
16. · Analgesia and Transfer to Breast Milk
17. Pain in Critical and ICU Patients
18. · Pain Pathophysiology in the Critically Ill Patient
19. · Assessment Tools for Intubated Patients
20. · "Analgesia-First" Strategies (Analgosedation) and Delirium Prevention
21. Oncological Pain and Management of Breakthrough Pain (IOP)
22. · Pathophysiology and Phenotypes of Breakthrough Pain
23. · The Practice of Opioid Rotation
24. · Transmucosal Fentanyl Formulations
25. Management of Pain in Major Organ Dysfunction
26. · Pathophysiology of Clearance in Renal and Liver Failure
27. · Safety Profile of Opioids in Renal Failure
28. · Algorological Management in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis
29. Pain in Patients with Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
30. · Critical Clinical-Conceptual Distinctions
31. · Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia (OIH)
32. · Management of Acute Pain in Patients on Maintenance Therapy
33. Pain in Patients with Cognitive and Neuromotor Disabilities
34. · The Pathophysiology of Altered Sensory Processing
35. · Pain Assessment Using Observational Tools
36. Central Sensitization and Complex Headaches
37. · Central Awareness Mechanism
38. · The Phantom Limb Phenomenon and its Neurobiology
39. · Headache due to Analgesic Abuse (CAA)
40. Bioethics in Pain and End of Life Medicine
41. · The Four Principles of Clinical Bioethics
42. · The Doctrine of Double Effect
43. Legal and Regulatory Aspects in the Prescription of Opioids
44. · The Legal Framework of the Narcotic Drug Prescription
45. · Medical Malpractice: The Legal Double Edge
46. · Informed Consent in Interventional Algiology
47. Advance Directives, Palliative Sedation and Euthanasia
48. · Palliative Sedation: Clinical Basis and Action Protocol
49. · Comparative Conceptual and Legislative Boundaries
50. · Advance Directives and Directives
51. Emerging Technologies and Cutting-Edge Interventionism
52. · Modern Interventional Algiology
53. · The Pharmacogenomics of Cytochromes CYP450