Acute Pain Management

A Practical Guide

Pamela E. Macintyre, Stephan A. Schug (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

324 Seiten

2021 | 5th edition
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-0-367-27140-4 (ISBN)

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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. • 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.

Pamela E Macintyre BMebSc, MBBS, MHA, FANZCA, FFPMANZCA Emeritus Consultant Anaesthetist and Pain Medicine Physician, Department of Anaesthesia, Pain Medicine and Hyperbaric Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital. Clinical Professor, Discipline of Acute Care Medicine, School of Medicine,University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia Professor Stephan A. Schug, MD, FANZCA, FFPMANZCA, EDPM Emeritus Professor and Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Medical School, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Preface. Disclosures. Notice. Authors. Introduction. Delivery of Effective Acute Pain Management. Assessment and Monitoring. Pharmacology of Opioids. Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics. Nonopioid and Adjuvant Analgesic Agents. Systemic Routes of Opioid Administration. Patient-Controlled Analgesia. Epidural and Intrathecal Analgesia. Other Regional and Local Analgesia. Nonpharmacological Therapies. Acute Neuropathic Pain. Chronic Postacute Pain. Nonsurgical Acute Pain. More Complex Patients. Opioid Analgesia After Discharge from Hospital. Self-Assessment Questions. Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	22.06.2021
Zusatzinfo	44 Tables, black and white; 12 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 13 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	660 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Schmerztherapie
ISBN-10	0-367-27140-0 / 0367271400
ISBN-13	978-0-367-27140-4 / 9780367271404
Zustand	Neuware