Dr Catherine Urch - Pavilion Health Today https://pavilionhealthtoday.com Supporting healthcare professionals to deliver the best patient care Thu, 06 Oct 2022 19:42:14 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://pavilionhealthtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/android-chrome-384x384-1-100x100.png Dr Catherine Urch - Pavilion Health Today https://pavilionhealthtoday.com 32 32 The multiple definitions of breakthrough pain https://pavilionhealthtoday.com/gm/the-multiple-definitions-of-breakthrough-pain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-multiple-definitions-of-breakthrough-pain Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pavilionhealthtoday.com/uncategorized/the-multiple-definitions-of-breakthrough-pain/ Developments in pain assessment have led to a much greater understanding of the different types and definitions of pain. However, the definition of breakthrough pain is still unclear €” for some, breakthrough pain is transient pain on a background of treated pain; for others, it is a flare up of a previously treated pain or painful event. Therefore, breakthrough pain is an umbrella term that requires further definition.

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