[The Mainz Pain Staging System is also suitable for grading chronic pain in inpatient geriatric patients].

CONCLUSION: MPSS can be used in multi-morbid and functionally impaired elderly patients undergoing inpatient treatment. Chronification features are more pronounced at higher stages than at lower levels. Only one category of the MPSS cannot be collected by self-assessment. The possibilities of prognosis estimation and resource control using the MPSS should be further investigated for these patients. PMID: 32157443 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32157443?dopt=Abstract

Source: Schmerz - March 9, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Schuler M, Schwarzmann G Tags: Schmerz Source Type: research