Chapter 52. Pain Management: Acute and Chronic Pain

Chapter 52. Pain Management: Acute and Chronic Pain

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Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. Different areas of the brain are involved in specific aspects of pain. The reticular and limbic systems in the brain influence the:

1.	Sensory aspects of pain
2.	Discriminative aspects of pain
3.	Motivational aspects of pain
4.	Cognitive aspects of pain

____ 2. Patients need to be questioned about all pain sites because:

1.	Patients tend to report the most severe or important in their perception.
2.	Pain tolerance generally decreases with repeated exposure.
3.	The reported pain site is usually the most important to treat.
4.	Pain may be referred from a different site to the one reported.

____ 3. The chemicals that promote the spread of pain locally include:

____ 4. Narcotics are exogenous opiates. They act by:

1.	Inhibiting pain transmission in the spinal cord
2.	Attaching to receptors in the afferent neuron to inhibit the release of substance P
3.	Blocking neurotransmitters in the midbrain
4.	Increasing beta-lipoprotein excretion from the pituitary gland

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