Overview

Clinical Pain Management is a major new clinical reference work. Comprised of four volumes - Acute Pain, Chronic Pain, Cancer Pain and Practical Applications and Procedures - it is a comprehensive textbook for trainee and practising specialists in pain management and related areas, presenting these individuals with all they need to know to provide a successful pain management service. This set includes one clinical volume that deal with acute pain - from the basic mechanisms underlying the development of pain, to the various treatments that can be applied in different clinical situations. A second volume, Practical Applications and Procedures, complements providing helpful advice on practical aspects of clinical management and research, including protocols and established clinical guidelines: in effect, it is a 'ready-reference manual' for the busy clinician. Clinical Pain Management is... *An 'all-encompassing' clinical guide to this growing specialty * Authoritative - being written by acknowledged international experts * Based on the curriculum of the International Association for the Study of Pain, ensuring worldwide applicability and relevance * Convenient and practical, incorporating both evidence scoring and extensive reference annotation throughout * Available to purchase as a four-volume set or in three separate two-volume sets - suitable for both clinicians interested in all aspects of pain medicine and those with more specific inter

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Author:   David Rowbotham ,  Pamela E. Macintyre ,  D. Macintyre
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Hodder Arnold
Volume:   2
Dimensions:   Width: 20.70cm , Height: 6.60cm , Length: 27.70cm
Weight:   3.425kg
ISBN:  

9780340731536

ISBN 10:   0340731532
Pages:   1208
Publication Date:   30 August 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Part 1 Basic considerations Applied physiology of nociception Applied physiology of inflammatory pain Clinical pharmacology - opioids Clinical pharmacology - nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Clinical pharmacology - local anesthetics Assessment, measurement, history and examination Timing of treatment and preemptive analgesia Outcome measures in acute pain management Organization of an acute pain service Part 2 Management - Techniques Routes of administration Patient-controlled analgesia Intraspinal opiods Nerve blocks for acute pain: principles Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and acute pain Psychological therapies Part 3 Management - Clinical Situations Post-operative pain: inpatient Post-operative pain: day surgery Treatment of pain in the intensive care unit Trauma Burns Management of acutely painful medical conditions Acute rheumatological and inflammatory pains interpreted as acute (nontraumatic) musculoskeletal pain Acute low back pain Pain in childbirth Acute pain management in children Acute pain management in the elderly patient Acute rehabilitation of sport injury Pain relief and sedation for radiological procedures.

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