Opioids CDC Guidelines (Prep for Patient Care Exam 2) with Complete Solutions

duration < 1 month; is a physiologic response to noxious stimuli that can become pathologic, is normally sudden in onset, time limited, and often caused by injury, trauma, or medical treatments such as surgery - ANSWER-acute pain duration of >/= 3 mo; can be the result of an underlyting medical disease or condition, injury, medical treatment, inflammation, or an unknown cause - ANSWER-chronic pain Explain why treatment of pain is so challenging to health care systems and clinicians. - ANSWER-pain is influenced by many factors, including biological, psychological and social factors there are substantial differences in pain treatment effectiveness prevention, assessment, and treatment of pain is a persistent challenge for clinicians and health systems Give 3 reasons why the 2016 opioid prescribing guidelines were needed - ANSWER-need for clear recommendations incorporating recent evidence existing guidelines were several years old and did not reflect newer evidence (I know this is only 2 but the LO listed 3?) For which patient populations are the 2016 guidelines targeted? - ANSWER-for patients 18 and older in outpatient, primary care settings in treating chronic pain For which providers are the 2016 guidelines targeted? - ANSWER-family practice, internal medicine physicians, NP, PA Which groups of chronic pain patients were listed as being excluded from the 2016 guidelines? (i.e. patients with cancer, etc) - ANSWER-not intended for use in cancer treatment, palliative care or end-of-life care