| Contents |
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. |
| Abstract |
"With a focus on practical acute pain management in adults in the hospital setting, this book aims to provide health professionals with simple and practical information to help them manage patients with acute pain safely and effectively and assist in the management of acute pain in a variety of more complex patients, where effective treatment can often be challenging and some patients may run the risk of receiving suboptimal care. Combines evidence-based information about acute pain management with practical guidelines and protocols Covers the pharmacology of opioids, local anesthetics, and nonopioid and adjuvant analgesic agents, and the techniques commonly used in acute pain management 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 in whom treatment may be more complex, including the older patient, opioid-tolerant patients, those with an addiction disorder, 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 new edition incorporates new evidence and practices and looks at the role of acute pain management in the opioid epidemic, and posiible risk mitigation"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Biographical note | 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 |
| Source of description | Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Macintyre, Pamela E. Acute pain management. Fifth edition. Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2021 9780367271404 |
| LCCN | 2020050535 |
| ISBN | 9781000379716 (electronic bk. ; EPUB) |
| ISBN | 100037971X (electronic bk. ; EPUB) |
| Standard identifier# |
10.1201/9780429295058 |
| Stock number | 9780429295058 Taylor & Francis |
