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@ARTICLE{Scuteri:163496,
author = {Scuteri, Damiana and Contrada, Marianna and Tonin, Paolo
and Corasaniti, Maria Tiziana and Nicotera, Pierluigi and
Bagetta, Giacinto},
title = {{D}ementia and {COVID}-19: {A} {C}ase {R}eport and
{L}iterature {R}eview on {P}ain {M}anagement.},
journal = {Pharmaceuticals},
volume = {15},
number = {2},
issn = {1424-8247},
address = {Basel},
publisher = {MDPI},
reportid = {DZNE-2022-00256},
pages = {199},
year = {2022},
abstract = {The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic imposes an
unprecedented lifestyle, dominated by social isolation. In
this frame, the population to pay the highest price is
represented by demented patients. This group faces the
highest risk of mortality, in case of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection, and
they experience rapid cognitive deterioration, due to
lockdown measures that prevent their disease monitoring.
This complex landscape mirrors an enhancement of
neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs), with agitation, delirium
and reduced motor performances, particularly in
non-communicative patients. Due to the consistent link
between agitation and pain in these patients, the use of
antipsychotics, increasing the risk of death during
COVID-19, can be avoided or reduced through an adequate pain
treatment. The most suitable pain assessment scale, also
feasible for e-health implementation, is the
Mobilization-Observation-Behaviour-Intensity-Dementia
(MOBID-2) pain scale, currently under validation in the
Italian real-world context. Here, we report the case of an
85-year-old woman suffering from mild cognitive impairment,
subjected to off-label treatment with atypical
antipsychotics, in the context of undertreated pain, who
died during the pandemic from an extensive brain hemorrhage.
This underscores the need for appropriate assessment and
treatment of pain in demented patients.},
keywords = {COVID-19 (Other) / MOBID-2 (Other) / NPSs (Other) /
dementia (Other) / pain assessment (Other) /
tele-neurorehabilitation (Other)},
cin = {AG Bano / Scientific board},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1013003 / I:(DE-2719)1030000},
pnm = {351 - Brain Function (POF4-351)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-351},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:35215311},
pmc = {pmc:PMC8879883},
doi = {10.3390/ph15020199},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/163496},
}