Beschreibung:
With a focus on practical acute pain management in adults in the hospital setting, this book provides health professionals with simple and practical information to help them manage patients with acute pain safely and effectively.
Preface. Disclosures. Notice. Authors. Introduction. 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. Index.