Handbook of Opioid Bowel Syndrome (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Yuan, Chun-Su

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Handbook of Opioid Bowel Syndrome presents complete, authoritative, current information on the mechanisms of action of opioids and the management of opioid bowel dysfunction-the number one reason physicians avoid prescribing opioids.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040178447
• Artikelnr.: 72520999

Autorenporträt

Editor: Chun-Su Yuan, MD, PhD, is the Cyrus Tang Professor in the Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care at the Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago. Since 1994, Dr.Yuan has been conducting clinical trials evaluating the safety and efficacy of a novel peripheral opioid receptor antagonist, methylnaltrexone, for reversing opioid-induced bowel dysfunction. He has published over 150 research papers, including many articles on opioid action and antagonism of opioid side effects.

Inhaltsangabe

SECTION I: BASIC CONCEPTS IN OPIOID BOWEL DYSFUNCTION Chapter 1.
Gastrointestinal Opioid Physiology and Pharmacology Bowel Dysfunction
Chapter 3. Opioid-Induced Immunosuppression SECTION II: CLINICAL STATES
Chapter 4. The Epidemiology of Opioid Bowel Dysfunction Chapter 5. Opioid
Bowel Dysfunction in Palliative Care Chapter 6. Opioid Bowel Dysfunction in
Acute and Chronic Nonmalignant Pain Chapter 7. Postoperative Bowel
Dysfunction Chapter 8. Postsurgical Bowel Dysfunction in the Gynecologic
Patient SECTION III: ADVANCES IN TREATING OPIOID BOWEL DYSFUNCTION Chapter
9. Using Oral Naloxone in Management of Opioid Bowel Dysfunction Chapter
10. Methylnaltrexone: Investigations in Treating Opioid Bowel Dysfunction
Chapter 11. Management of Opioid-Induced Bowel Dysfunction and
Postoperative Ileus: Potential Role of Alvimopan