Treatment of pain in patients with renal insufficiency: The World Health Organization three-step ladder adapted

• Published in: The journal of pain Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 137 - 148
• Main Authors: Launay-Vacher, Vincent, Karie, Svetlana, Fau, Jean-Baptiste, Izzedine, Hassane, Deray, Gilbert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2005
• Subjects: Analgesics - therapeutic use; Humans; Pain - complications; Pain - drug therapy; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Renal Insufficiency - complications; World Health Organization

The World Health Organization established official recommendations for managing pain in cancer patients. Since then, this stepladder approach has been widely adopted as a conceptual framework to treat all types of pain. However, those guidelines have not been critically evaluated for use in patients...