Neuropathic Pain in the Elderly

Silvia Giovannini; Daniele Coraci; Fabrizio Brau; Vincenzo Galluzzo; Claudia Loreti; Pietro Caliandro; Luca Padua; Giulio Maccauro; Lorenzo Biscotti; Roberto Bernabei

doi:10.3390/diagnostics11040613

Diagnostics (Mar 2021)

Neuropathic Pain in the Elderly

Silvia Giovannini,
Daniele Coraci,
Fabrizio Brau,
Vincenzo Galluzzo,
Claudia Loreti,
Pietro Caliandro,
Luca Padua,
Giulio Maccauro,
Lorenzo Biscotti,
Roberto Bernabei

Affiliations

Silvia Giovannini: Department of Aging, Neurological, Orthopaedic and Head-Neck Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
Daniele Coraci: Department of Aging, Neurological, Orthopaedic and Head-Neck Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
Fabrizio Brau: Department of Aging, Neurological, Orthopaedic and Head-Neck Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
Vincenzo Galluzzo: Department of Aging, Neurological, Orthopaedic and Head-Neck Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
Claudia Loreti: Department of Aging, Neurological, Orthopaedic and Head-Neck Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
Pietro Caliandro: Department of Aging, Neurological, Orthopaedic and Head-Neck Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
Luca Padua: Department of Aging, Neurological, Orthopaedic and Head-Neck Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
Giulio Maccauro: Department of Aging, Neurological, Orthopaedic and Head-Neck Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
Lorenzo Biscotti: Department of Aging, Neurological, Orthopaedic and Head-Neck Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
Roberto Bernabei: Department of Aging, Neurological, Orthopaedic and Head-Neck Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11040613
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 4
p. 613

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Neuropathic pain due to a lesion or a disease of the somatosensory system often affects older people presenting several comorbidities. Moreover, elderly patients are often poly-medicated, hospitalized and treated in a nursing home with a growing risk of drug interaction and recurrent hospitalization. Neuropathic pain in the elderly has to be managed by a multidimensional approach that involves several medical, social and psychological professionals in order to improve the quality of life of the patients and, where present, their relatives.

Published in Diagnostics

ISSN: 2075-4418 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/diagnostics

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