Overview

Acute pain is experienced primarily in relation to surgery and trauma, but is also present in patients with burns, cancer, and other medicalconditions. This compact volume of the Oxford Pain Management Library serves as a concise guide to treating acute pain in its manymanifestations. Providing a background of basic science, 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 for busyhealthcare professionals to follow and strategies for the management of specific medical conditions and specific patient groups such as the elderly. This pocketbook, written by highly respected multidisciplinary European experts within the field, will appeal to trainee clinicians and above in both primary and secondary care, and all related healthcare professionals.

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Author:   Lesley Bromley (Consultant in Anaesthesia, University College London, London, UK) ,  Brigitta Brandner (Head of Acute Pain Research Group, University College London, London, UK)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 10.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 18.10cm
Weight:   0.180kg
ISBN:  

9780199234721

ISBN 10:   0199234728
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   03 June 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

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. Moonesinghe and 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

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Dr. Lesley Bromley is Consultant in Anaethesia at University College London, London, UK. D. Brigitta Brandner is Head of Acute Pain Research Group at University College London, London, UK.

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