Indian society for study of pain, cancer pain special interest group guidelines on palliative care aspects in cancer pain management

Naveen Salins, Raghu S Thota, Sushma Bhatnagar, Raghavendra Ramanjulu, Arif Ahmed, Parmanand Jain, Aparna Chatterjee, Dipasri BhattacharyaIndian Journal of Palliative Care 2020 26(2):210-214 The Indian Society for Study of Pain (ISSP), Cancer Pain Special Interest Group guidelines on palliative care aspects in cancer pain in adults provide a structured, stepwise approach which will help to improve the management of cancer pain and to provide the patients with a minimally acceptable quality of life. The guidelines have been developed based on the available literature and evidence, to suit the needs, patient population, and situations in India. A questionnaire based on the key elements of each sub draft addressing certain inconclusive areas where evidence was lacking was made available on the ISSP website and circulated by E-mail to all the ISSP and Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC) members. In a cancer care setting, approaches toward managing pain vary between ambulatory setting, home care setting, acute inpatient setting, and end-of-life care in hospice setting. We aim to expound the cancer pain management approaches in these settings. In an ambulatory palliative care setting, the WHO analgesic step ladder is used for cancer pain management. The patients with cancer pain require admission for acute inpatient palliative care unit for poorly controlled pain in ambulatory and home care settings, rapid opioid titration, titration of difficult drugs such as methadone, ...
Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research