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Opioids in the Elderly Patients with Cognitive Impairment: A Narrative Review

2021-12-29

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<h4>Background: </h4> Assessment and management of pain in elderly people with cognitive impairment is particularly challenging. Physiological changes due to aging as well as comorbidities and polypharmacy are responsible for a complex clinical approach. Concomitantly, in cognitive impairment, including advanced dementia, changes in central nervous system along with changes in the peripheral nervous system due to...

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3a5cb34a-df37-5c04-90cf-41b2c969dd58
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10.20944/preprints202112.0468.v1
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