1st Edition

Handbook of Acute Pain Management

Edited By Jennifer A. Elliott, Howard S. Smith Copyright 2010
    336 Pages
    by CRC Press

    Pain is a pervasive symptom present in multiple areas of medicine. It is imperative that physicians not only evaluate and diagnose the source of pain, but that they also recognize how to manage the actual pain symptoms with effective treatment. Handbook of Acute Pain Management is an essential reference for professionals to enhance their knowledge of pain therapies.

    Covering both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic approaches to treatment, this text provides updates on the most recent developments in the management of pain. This includes information on potential drug-drug and drug-disease interactions, patient controlled analgesia devices, and the emergence of continuous catheter techniques. The text also addresses pain management issues in special populations such as pediatric, opioid tolerant, and elderly patients.

    The anatomy of postoperative pain
    Jun-Ming Zhang
    The neurobiology of acute pain
    Eugene E. Fibuch and John Q. Wang
    Local anesthetics in the management of acute postoperative pain
    Gary McCleane
    NSAIDs in the management of acute pain
    Jennifer A. Elliott, Eugene E. Fibuch, and Laura Textor
    Opioids in the management of acute pain
    Jennifer A. Elliott
    Patient-controlled analgesia in the management of acute pain
    Jennifer A. Elliott
    Authorized agent controlled analgesia
    Laura Textor
    a2 Agonists in the management of acute pain
    Jennifer A. Elliott and Howard S. Smith
    Nonpharmacological modalities for the treatment of acute pain
    Laura Textor
    Perioperative epidural analgesia and patient-controlled epidural analgesia
    Sonali Agarwal and Sudhir Diwan
    Upper-extremity regional anesthetic techniques in the management of postoperative pain
    James Rasinsky
    Lower-extremity regional anesthetic techniques in the management of postoperative pain
    J. Mark Matthews
    Continuous peripheral nerve catheter techniques
    Eric May and Martin De Ruyter
    Anticoagulation guidelines in regional and neuraxial anesthesia
    Adam Reese
    Pediatric acute pain—diagnosis and treatment
    Jessica George, Melissa Ehlers, Helena Oeschner, and Michelle P. Tomassi
    Pain management in the trauma patient
    J. Mark Matthews
    Pain in the obstetric patient
    Philip Hess
    Perioperative care of the opioid-tolerant patient
    Susan Opper
    Pain management in the elderly postoperative patient
    Gary McCleane

    Biography

    Jennifer A. Elliott, Howard S. Smith