Acute Pain Management

A Practical Guide
5th Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-367-27140-4
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 338 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Professional and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Macintyre, Pamela E

Schug, Stephan A

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Anästhesiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Schmerzmedizin & Schmerztherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie, Toxikologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Evidenzbasierte Medizin (EbM)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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