id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
ecj-9903	Poggiali, Erika; De Iaco, Fabio	The pain in the Emergency Department: Choosing and treating wisely before and during the COVID-19 era	2021	8	.pdf	application/pdf	8351	613	57	[Emergency Care Journal 2021; 17:9903] Non commercial use only The chronic pain patients In this dramatic context, the care of chronic pain patients has been significantly impacted with the need to formulate new prac- tise recommendations to inform and help physicians, based on a biopsychosocial model of pain management.127,128 As reported in literature, chronic pain patients have higher prevalence of anxiety, depression, catastrophising and suicidal ideation,129-132 and are also at increased risk of COVID-19 due to multiple factors, including comorbidities, old age, and immune suppression.133,134 Based on this observation, telehealth and telemedicine with multidisci- plinary interactions have been recommended as a safe and effec- tive way to provide medical services and patient education during COVID-19 pandemic. Pain management is particularly complex in the elderly and emergency clinicians should always consider AGS Beers cri- teria® to avoid inappropriate medications, severe side-effects, and drug-drug interactions.	cache/ecj-9903.pdf	txt/ecj-9903.txt