Acute Pain Management

ebook A Practical Guide

By Pamela E. Macintyre

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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.

  • Combines evidence-based information with practical guidelines and protocols
  • Covers the pharmacology of opioids, local anesthetics, and nonopioid and adjuvant analgesic agents
  • Discusses management of acute pain in both surgical and nonsurgical acute pain settings including in patients with spinal cord or burns injuries and selected medical illnesses
  • Includes evidence-based information about management of acute pain in some specific patient groups , including the older patient, opioid-tolerant patients, and those with addiction disorders, pregnant or lactating patients and patients with obstructive sleep apnea or who have renal or hepatic impairment
  • Considers the role of acute pain management in the context of the current opioid epidemic and identifies possible strategies to minimise the risks.

    This resource will be helpful to a variety of professionals in assessing and managing acute pain.

  • Acute Pain Management