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Journal Article
Pain Management Best Practices from Multispecialty Organizations During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Public Health Crises
2020
Overview
Abstract
Background
It is nearly impossible to overestimate the burden of chronic pain, which is associated with enormous personal and socioeconomic costs. Chronic pain is the leading cause of disability in the world, is associated with multiple psychiatric comorbidities, and has been causally linked to the opioid crisis. Access to pain treatment has been called a fundamental human right by numerous organizations. The current COVID-19 pandemic has strained medical resources, creating a dilemma for physicians charged with the responsibility to limit spread of the contagion and to treat the patients they are entrusted to care for.
Methods
To address these issues, an expert panel was convened that included pain management experts from the military, Veterans Health Administration, and academia. Endorsement from stakeholder societies was sought upon completion of the document within a one-week period.
Results
In these guidelines, we provide a framework for pain practitioners and institutions to balance the often-conflicting goals of risk mitigation for health care providers, risk mitigation for patients, conservation of resources, and access to pain management services. Specific issues discussed include general and intervention-specific risk mitigation, patient flow issues and staffing plans, telemedicine options, triaging recommendations, strategies to reduce psychological sequelae in health care providers, and resource utilization.
Conclusions
The COVID-19 public health crisis has strained health care systems, creating a conundrum for patients, pain medicine practitioners, hospital leaders, and regulatory officials. Although this document provides a framework for pain management services, systems-wide and individual decisions must take into account clinical considerations, regional health conditions, government and hospital directives, resource availability, and the welfare of health care providers.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Subject
Analgesics, Opioid - therapeutic use
/ Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal - therapeutic use
/ China
/ Control
/ Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
/ COVID-19
/ Glucocorticoids - therapeutic use
/ Health Services Accessibility
/ Humans
/ Opioids
/ Pain
/ Patients
/ Personal Protective Equipment
/ Personnel Staffing and Scheduling
/ Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
/ Practice guidelines (Medicine)
/ Practice Guidelines as Topic
/ Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
/ Special
/ Substance Withdrawal Syndrome - diagnosis
/ Triage
