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Acute pain management [electronic resource] : a practical guide.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2021Edition: Fifth edition / Pamela E. Macintyre, Stephan A. SchugDescription: 1 online resource (294 pages) : illustrations (black and white)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781000379709 (PDF ebook) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 616.0472 23
LOC classification:
  • RB127
Online resources:
Contents:
<p><em>Preface </em></p>&#10;<p><em>Disclosures </em></p>&#10;<p><em>Notice </em></p>&#10;<p><em>Authors</em> </p>&#10;<p>1. Introduction </p>&#10;<p>2. Delivery of Effective Acute Pain Management </p>&#10;<p>3. Assessment and Monitoring </p>&#10;<p>4. Pharmacology of Opioids </p>&#10;<p>5. Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics </p>&#10;<p>6. Nonopioid and Adjuvant Analgesic Agents </p>&#10;<p>7. Systemic Routes of Opioid Administration </p>&#10;<p>8. Patient-Controlled Analgesia </p>&#10;<p>9. Epidural and Intrathecal Analgesia </p>&#10;<p>10. Other Regional and Local Analgesia </p>&#10;<p>11. Nonpharmacological Therapies </p>&#10;<p>12. Acute Neuropathic Pain </p>&#10;<p>13. Chronic Postacute Pain </p>&#10;<p>14. Nonsurgical Acute Pain </p>&#10;<p>15. More Complex Patients </p>&#10;<p>16. Opioid Analgesia After Discharge from Hospital </p>&#10;<p>17. Self-Assessment Questions </p><i>&#10;<p>Index </p></i>&#10;<p></p>
Summary: With a focus on practical acute pain management in adults in the hospital setting, this book provides health professionals with simple and practical information to help them manage patients with acute pain safely and effectively. With a focus on practical acute pain management in adults in the hospital setting, this bookprovides health professionals with simple and practical information to help them manage patients with acute pain safely and effectively. Combines evidence-based information with practical guidelines and protocols Covers the pharmacology of opioids, local anesthetics, and nonopioid and adjuvant analgesic agents Discusses management of acute pain in both surgical and nonsurgical acute pain settings including in patients with spinal cord or burns injuries and selected medical illnesses Includes evidence-based information about management of acute pain in some specific patient groups , including the older patient, opioid-tolerant patients, and those with addiction disorders, pregnant or lactating patients and patients with obstructive sleep apnea or who have renal or hepatic impairment Considers the role of acute pain management in the context of the current opioid epidemic and identifies possible strategies to minimise the risks. This resource will be helpful to a variety of professionals in assessing and managing acute pain.
List(s) this item appears in: GMMH Wellbeing Books-Coping with Physical illness and Pain Management
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E-book Bolton NHS Library Link to resource Not for loan
E-book Bridgewater Community NHS Library Link to resource Not for loan
E-book East Cheshire NHS Library Link to resource Not for loan
E-book Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Library Link to resource Not for loan
E-book Mid Cheshire NHS Library Link to resource Not for loan
E-book Pennine Care NHS Knowledge Service Link to resource Not for loan
E-book Stockport NHS Library Link to resource Not for loan
E-book Tameside and Glossop NHS Library Link to resource Not for loan
E-book Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh - Wigan NHS Library Link to resource Not for loan
E-book Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh - Wrightington NHS Library Link to resource Not for loan

Previous edition: 2015.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Preface &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Disclosures &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Notice &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Authors&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;1. Introduction &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;2. Delivery of Effective Acute Pain Management &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;3. Assessment and Monitoring &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;4. Pharmacology of Opioids &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;5. Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;6. Nonopioid and Adjuvant Analgesic Agents &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;7. Systemic Routes of Opioid Administration &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;8. Patient-Controlled Analgesia &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;9. Epidural and Intrathecal Analgesia &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;10. Other Regional and Local Analgesia &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;11. Nonpharmacological Therapies &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;12. Acute Neuropathic Pain &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;13. Chronic Postacute Pain &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;14. Nonsurgical Acute Pain &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;15. More Complex Patients &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;16. Opioid Analgesia After Discharge from Hospital &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;17. Self-Assessment Questions &lt;/p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Index &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

With a focus on practical acute pain management in adults in the hospital setting, this book provides health professionals with simple and practical information to help them manage patients with acute pain safely and effectively. With a focus on practical acute pain management in adults in the hospital setting, this bookprovides health professionals with simple and practical information to help them manage patients with acute pain safely and effectively. Combines evidence-based information with practical guidelines and protocols Covers the pharmacology of opioids, local anesthetics, and nonopioid and adjuvant analgesic agents Discusses management of acute pain in both surgical and nonsurgical acute pain settings including in patients with spinal cord or burns injuries and selected medical illnesses Includes evidence-based information about management of acute pain in some specific patient groups , including the older patient, opioid-tolerant patients, and those with addiction disorders, pregnant or lactating patients and patients with obstructive sleep apnea or who have renal or hepatic impairment Considers the role of acute pain management in the context of the current opioid epidemic and identifies possible strategies to minimise the risks. This resource will be helpful to a variety of professionals in assessing and managing acute pain.

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