Resource Center: assessment

Questionnaire for patients with chronic pain to determine level of functioning.

This powerpoint presentation of the treatment of acute and chronic pain patients presents several different aspects of pain care, including general points regarding pain treatments, acute pain in buprenorphine maintained patients, and the differences between acute and chronic pain.

Practice Guidelines for Chronic Pain Management: An Updated Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Chronic Pain Management and the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. Evidence based guidelines for use of the different treatment modalities for chronic pain.

This guideline escribes the evaluation and management of newborns with one or more malformations.

The Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) is a drug use questionnaire that assesses problems and consequences related to drug (including prescription) misuse. Scoring and Interpretation information is provided at the end of this questionnaire.

The 10-question Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) specifically for primary care settings as a screen for detecting at-risk or hazardous drinking. A shorter version of the AUDIT also is used in primary care and consists of the first 3 questions of the AUDIT.

A flow chart that offers advice on using pain relief medications for different types of pain. The site also offers dosage information and warnings for each of the medications that it recommends.

Guidelines created to assess the needs of patients in opioid substitution therapy and to individualize treatment for each patient

Treatment Options: A Guide for People Living with Pain is an important resource for providing credible and comprehensive information for people in chronic pain.This resource discusses why pain management is important, how to speak with your health care provider about pain, goals of therapy, and advantages and disadvantages of different treatments. Medications such as hydrocodone, oxycodone, hydromorphone, meperidine, methadone, propoxyphene and fentany are discussed as well as how to take these medications. Psychological consultation, counseling & stress management, relaxation therapies, hypnotherapy/hypnosis, and other psychosocial interventions are explained.

Dr. Brian Ginsberg, MD talks about the proper treatment of acute pain to avoid chronic pain, gender difference, and use of opioids. Focus on the value of multimodal treatment.