Raymond Sinatra / Oscar DeLeon-Cassasola / Eugene Viscusi / Brian Ginsberg (ed.)

Acute Pain Management

Herausgeber: Sinatra, Raymond S; Ginsberg, Brian; Viscusi, Eugene R; de Leon-Cassasola, Oscar A

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Produktbeschreibung

This textbook provides an overview of pain management useful to specialists as well as non-specialists, surgeons, and nursing staff.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 726
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 277mm x 221mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 2245g
• ISBN-13: 9780521874915
• ISBN-10: 0521874912
• Artikelnr.: 25691575

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Pain Physiology and Pharmacology: 1. Pain pathways and acute pain
processing; 2. The pathophysiology of acute pain; 3. Patient variables
influencing acute pain management; 4. Acute pain: a psychosocial
perspective; 5. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and acetaminophen:
pharmacology for the future; 6. Local anesthetics in regional anesthesia
and acute pain management; 7. Pharmacology of novel non-NSAID analgesics
(Ketamine, Clonidine, Gabapentin); 8. Pharmacokinetics of epidural opioids;
9. Transitions from acute to chronic pain; 10. Molecular basis and clinical
implications of opioid tolerance and opioid-induced hyperalgesia; Part II.
Clinical Analgesia: 11. Qualitative and quantitative assessment of pain;
12. The role of preventive analgesia and impact on patient outcome; 13.
Opioid oral and parenteral opioid analgesics for acute pain management; 14.
IV-PCA (history, technical aspects, agents, dosing, risk vs. benefits,
effects on pain, satisfaction, effect on outcome); 15. Clinical application
of epidural analgesia; 16. Neuraxial analgesia with hydromorphone morphine
and fentanyl: dosing and safety guidelines; 17. Regional anesthesia for
acute pain in the in-patient setting; 18. Regional anesthesia for acute
pain management in the outpatient setting; 19. Patient controlled analgesia
devices and analgesic infusion pumps; 20. Novel analgesic drug delivery
systems for acute pain management; 21. Non-selective non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors (COX-2Is),
and acetaminophen in acute perioperative pain; 22. Perioperative ketamine
for better postoperative pain outcome; 23. Clinical application of
glucocorticoids, anti-neuropathics and other analgesic adjuvants for acute
pain management; 24. Non-pharmacological approaches for acute pain
management; 25. Adverse events associated with opioid therapy and their
treatment (incidence of adversity, nausea, vomiting respiratory depression,
ileus, etc.); 26. Respiratory depression: incidence, diagnosis, and
treatment; Part III. Acute Pain Management in Special Patient Populations:
27. Acute pain management services: organization and implementation issues;
28. Acute pain management in the community hospital setting; 29. Ambulatory
surgical pain: economic aspects and optimal analgesic management; 30.
Pediatric acute pain management (oral, parenteral, neuraxial); 31. Acute
pain management for elderly 'high risk' and cognitively impaired patients:
rationale for regional analgesia; 32. Post-cesarean analgesia; 33. Acute
pain management in Sickle Cell Disease patients; 34. Acute pain management
in patients with opioid dependency and substance abuse (including
buprenorphine); Part IV. Specialist Managed Pain: 35. Pain management
following colectomy: a surgeon's perspective (balancing analgesia vs. side
effects); 36. Acute pain management in the emergency department (medical
and trauma related pain); 37. The nurse's role in acute pain management;
38. The role of the pharmacist in acute pain management; Part V. Pain
Management and Patient Outcomes: 39. Economics and costs: a primer for
acute pain management specialists; 40. Evidence based medicine (does
optimal analgesia improve outcome/satisfaction in post-surgical settings);
41. Effect of epidural analgesia on postoperative outcomes; 42. Research in
acute pain management; 43. Quality improvement approaches in acute pain
management; 44. The future of acute pain management (where we are
heading?).