Perioperative Pain Management

Herausgegeben:Cox, Felicia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Handbook of Perioperative Pain Management is an up-to-date evidence-based guide to the effective management of perioperative pain even in the most challenging situations. It provides readers with an understanding of the physiology, pharmacology and psychology of acute pain together with guidelines for best practice. Examples of assessment documentation and guidelines for specific patient sub-groups are reproduced throughout the text.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1A405180770
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 172mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9781405180771
• ISBN-10: 1405180773
• Artikelnr.: 24924076

Autorenporträt

Felicia Cox is Senior Nurse in Pain Management at Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust. She is also Part-time Visiting Lecturer in Critical Care at Buckinghamshire University College and Editor of the Journal of Perioperative Practice

Inhaltsangabe

1. Pain Assessment. 2 Barriers to Effective Pain Management. 3 Physiology
of Acute Pain. 4 The role of personal coping strategies in the management
of postoperative pain. 5 The Psychosocial Impact of Acute Pain. 6 How
Analgesics Work. 7 The Evidence for Acute Perioperative Pain Management. 8
Regional Anaesthesia. 9 Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA). 10 Other routes
of opioid administration. 11 Perioperative Pain in Special Circumstances:.
12 TENS in Perioperative Setting. 13 Management of Side-Effects. 14 Using
audit to improve practice and outcomes. 15 Risk Management in Perioperative
Analgesia. 16 Education

Rezensionen

"[The] quality of the book is very high and would certainly be an asset to an acute pain service and I thoroughly recommend it." ( British Journal of Perioperative Nursing , June 2009)