This book covers the fundamentals of pain, the pharmacology of drugs used, and summarises the current evidence base for the management of acute pain. It provides practical direct clinical applications and strategies for the management of specific medical conditions in patient groups such as the elderly. INDICE: 1: Lesley Bromley: The physiology of acute pain; 2: Lesley Bromley: The pharmacology of the drugs used in acute pain; 3: Anna L. Mandeville: Non-pharmacological methods of acute pain management; 4: Jeremy N. Cashman: Acute pain management in principle; 5: Suellen M. Walker: Evidence and outcomes in acute pain management; 6: E. Ashley and M. Doraiswami: Post-operative pain;7: Damon Kamming: Day surgery analgesia; 8: B. Brandner and J. Emmanuel: Trauma pain and procedural pain: prevention of chronic pain following acute trauma; 9: E. Welechew: Treatment of pain in burns patients; 10: Richard F. Howard: Acute pain in children; 11: A. Wagg and S. Gadgil: Acute pain in the elderly; 12: John Dick: Acute pain in pregnancy; 13: J. A. Smart: Acute pain in cancer;14: A. Moofeez: Acute pain in haematological disorders; 15: S. R. Moonesingheand S. Mallett: Acute pain in patients with renal or hepatic impairment; 16: M. S. Chong and J. Ganesalingham: Acute pain in the neurological patient; 17: Brigitta Brandner: Acute pain in chronic opiate users; 18: Arif H. Ghazi and Obi Agu: Acute pain in peripheral vascular disease
- ISBN: 978-0-19-923472-1
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 208
- Fecha Publicación: 03/06/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés