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Perioperative Pain Management [electronic resource].

By: Contributor(s): Series: Oxford American pain libraryPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (141 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780199343980 (electronic bk.)
  • 0199343985 (electronic bk.)
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Contents:
Cover; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction to Acute Pain Management: A Team Approach; 2. Mechanisms of Pain; 3. Assessment of Pain; 4. Pharmacologic Agents: Opioids; 5. Pharmacologic Agents: Non-Opioids; 6. Regional Anesthesia Techniques; 7. Medication Delivery Systems; 8. Complementary and Alternative Medicine; 9. Chronic Pain Patients and Other Coexisting Conditions; 10. Special Populations: Pediatric and Elderly Patients; 11. Obstetric Pain; 12. Outcomes and Future Directions; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Z
Summary: Millions of procedures, surgical and non-surgical, are performed around the world each year. Management of perioperative pain is of great importance to patients, and a critical management issue for physicians and other health professionals who provide perioperative care. Healthcare facilities and national accrediting organizations have established standards surrounding proper management of perioperative pain. There is now an increased burden on every hospital and training program to ensure that healthcare providers understand the essentials of pain management and are able to recognize and trea.
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Cover; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction to Acute Pain Management: A Team Approach; 2. Mechanisms of Pain; 3. Assessment of Pain; 4. Pharmacologic Agents: Opioids; 5. Pharmacologic Agents: Non-Opioids; 6. Regional Anesthesia Techniques; 7. Medication Delivery Systems; 8. Complementary and Alternative Medicine; 9. Chronic Pain Patients and Other Coexisting Conditions; 10. Special Populations: Pediatric and Elderly Patients; 11. Obstetric Pain; 12. Outcomes and Future Directions; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Z

Millions of procedures, surgical and non-surgical, are performed around the world each year. Management of perioperative pain is of great importance to patients, and a critical management issue for physicians and other health professionals who provide perioperative care. Healthcare facilities and national accrediting organizations have established standards surrounding proper management of perioperative pain. There is now an increased burden on every hospital and training program to ensure that healthcare providers understand the essentials of pain management and are able to recognize and trea.

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