Handbook of Perioperative Pain Management is an up-to-date evidence-based guide to the effective management of perioperative pain even in the most challenging situations. It provides readers with an understanding of the physiology, pharmacology, and psychology of acute pain together with guidelines for best practice. Examples of assessment documentation and guidelines for specific patient sub-groups are reproduced throughout the text. INDICE: 1. Pain Assessment. 2 Barriers to Effective Pain Management. 3 Physiology of Acute Pain. 4 The role of personal coping strategies in the management of postoperative pain. 5 The Psychosocial Impact of Acute Pain. 6 How Analgesics Work. 7 The Evidence for Acute Perioperative Pain Management. 8 Regional Anaesthesia. 9 Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA). 10 Other routes of opioidadministration. 11 Perioperative Pain in Special Circumstances:. 12 TENS in Perioperative Setting. 13 Management of Side-Effects. 14 Using audit to improvepractice and outcomes. 15 Risk Management in Perioperative Analgesia. 16 Education
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-8077-1
- Editorial: Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 336
- Fecha Publicación: 28/11/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés