Integrative Oncology: Managing Cancer Pain with Complementary and Alternative Therapies

Running, Alice; Seright, Teresa J.

doi:10.1007/s11916-012-0275-x

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“…A dedicated APS focuses on multimodal analgesia while minimizing the use of opioids and promotes alternative pain management strategies such as acupuncture [17], massage therapy [18,19], transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation [20,21], and even guided imagery [22]. The supportive evidence for these modalities has led to their acceptance by many institutions as part of the standard analgesic critical pathways.…”

Section: Complementary Supplementationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Acute pain medicine in anesthesiology

Boezaart¹,

Munro²,

Tighe³

2013

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The American Academy of Pain Medicine and the American Society for Regional Anesthesia have recently focused on the evolving practice of acute pain medicine. There is increasing recognition that the scope and practice of acute pain therapies must extend beyond the subacute pain phase to include pre-pain and pre-intervention risk stratification, resident and fellow education in regional anesthesia and multimodal analgesia, as well as a deeper understanding of the pathophysiologic mechanisms that are integral to the variability observed among individual responses to nociception. Acute pain medicine is also being established as a vital component of successful systems-level acute pain management programs, inpatient cost containment, and patient satisfaction scores. In this review, we discuss the evolution and practice of acute pain medicine and we aim to facilitate further discussion on the evolution and advancement of this field as a subspecialty of anesthesiology.

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Section: Complementary Supplementationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Acute pain medicine in anesthesiology

Boezaart¹,

Munro²,

Tighe³

2013

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“…[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] Substantial evidence supports the positive effects of clinical massage on various types of pain, including pain from labor, 10 neck and back pain, 11,27 and, in particular, cancer pain. [28][29][30][31] Although clinical massage has been demonstrated to reduce pain, the mechanisms of how this occurs are not well understood. However, clinical massage does stimulate the parasympathetic response, in turn reducing anxiety and promoting relaxation, and this effect may result in a reduced perception of pain.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beneficial Effects of Guided Imagery or Clinical Massage on the Status of Patients in a Progressive Care Unit

Patricolo

LaVoie

Slavin

et al. 2017

Critical Care Nurse

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BACKGROUND Patients in the progressive care unit typically experience high levels of pain and anxiety and exhibit difficulty sleeping. OBJECTIVE To determine whether either clinical massage or guided imagery could reduce pain and anxiety and improve sleep. METHODS This study included 288 inpatients on 2 floors of a progressive care unit. On 1 floor, each patient was offered daily a 15-minute complimentary clinical massage, whereas the patients on the other floor were provided access to a 30-minute guided-imagery recording. Patients were asked to rate their pain and anxiety levels immediately before and after the massage intervention or were asked whether the guided-imagery intervention was helpful for pain, anxiety, or insomnia. RESULTS The massage intervention showed an immediate and significant reduction in self-reported pain and anxiety (P < .001); likewise, a significant number of patients self-reported that guided imagery helped alleviate pain, anxiety, and insomnia (P < .001). CONCLUSION The results of this study indicate that clinical massage and guided imagery can benefit patients in the progressive care unit.

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“…MT can control symptoms such as pain, fatigue, sleep disorders, stress, anxiety, depression, nausea, and vomiting (6,10). Therefore, MT can be used along with pharmaceutical methods for the treatment of leukemia.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Combining specific postures (asanas) with breathing exercises (pranayama), yoga establishes an equilibrium between the body and the emotions (10). Possible mechanism of yoga include increasing flexibility, oxygen delivery to tissues, relaxation effects, secretion of enkephalin and endorphin, reducing the sympathetic activity, and reducing the inflammatory markers (13).…”

Section: Yogamentioning

confidence: 99%

Study Gaps Relevant to Use of Complementary Medicine in Patients With Leukemia: A Review Study

Miladinia

Baraz

Javadi

et al. 2016

Jundishapur J Chronic Dis Care

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Context: A review of the literature of recent decades has shown that few studies have been conducted on the effects of various types of complementary medicine on patients with leukemia. Therefore, the present study aimed to find research gaps in the use of different types of complementary medicine in patients with leukemia to be applied in future studies. Evidence Acquisition: The present study was a review-type design based on a review of the literature on different types of complementary medicine in patients with leukemia, up to 2015. The search was conducted through electronic databases and search engines. According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 8 studies which had been conducted on the use of complementary medicine in patients with leukemia were selected for the identification of gaps. Results:The overall results showed that few studies have been conducted on the use of exercise, massage therapy, music therapy, acupressure, and healing touch in patients with leukemia, and these subjects are potential research areas for many different studies. However, no studies have been carried out on the effects of acupuncture, relaxation, and yoga on these patients. Conclusions:The results of this review showed that the number of studies on the use of complementary medicine in leukemia patients is very limited (especially in Iran), and it can be the subject of numerous studies in the future.

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Integrative Oncology: Managing Cancer Pain with Complementary and Alternative Therapies

Cited by 40 publications

References 27 publications

Acute pain medicine in anesthesiology

Acute pain medicine in anesthesiology

Beneficial Effects of Guided Imagery or Clinical Massage on the Status of Patients in a Progressive Care Unit

Study Gaps Relevant to Use of Complementary Medicine in Patients With Leukemia: A Review Study

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