[Pain and primary lung cancer in the elderly]. / Douleur et cancer bronchopulmonaire primitif du sujet âgé
Rev Mal Respir
; 29(5): 650-5, 2012 May.
Article
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ABSTRACT
The study of pain in elderly patients with a primary lung cancer (PLC) deserves special attention particularly because this symptom is frequently associated with the condition and influences the management and prognosis. To study the characteristics of pain due to PLC in the elderly, we prospectively evaluated pain in all patients aged over 65 years admitted for PLC. Thirty-nine elderly patients were enrolled in 15 months (62% of all PLC). The average age was 72 years. The cancer was advanced NSCLC in most cases. Pain was present in 74.3%. It was significantly less common among those over 75 years (50% versus 85.1%; P<0.05). The pain, mild in most cases, worsened during follow-up in 55.5%. The last mean visual analogue scale score was significantly lower than the first (1.3 versus 3.6; P=0.001). The pain treatment required was based on level I in 20.6%, level II in 48.2% and level III in 31% of cases. Pain management in the elderly should be early, adequate and continued in order to preserve to a maximum the quality of life of these patients with PLC.
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Assunto principal:
Dor
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Idoso
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Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas
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Manejo da Dor
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Neoplasias Pulmonares
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Evaluation_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Aged80
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Fr
Revista:
Rev Mal Respir
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Tunísia