Acute Pain Management: Operative Or Medical Procedures and Trauma Clinical Practice Guideline

Acute Pain Management: Operative Or Medical Procedures and Trauma Clinical Practice Guideline
ISBN-10
0788146114
ISBN-13
9780788146114
Series
Acute Pain Management
Pages
161
Language
English
Published
1997-07
Publisher
DIANE Publishing
Authors
Daniel B. Carr, Ada K. Jacox

Description

Offers clinicians a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to assess and manage pain, including input from the patient; aggressive use of both drug and non-drug therapies; assessment and frequent reassessment of the patient's pain; and a formal institutional approach to pain management. Includes strategies for overall and site-specific pain control. Addresses issues related to special groups. Contains analgesic dosage tables for adults and children, sample pain assessment tools, examples of non-drug interventions, and pre- and postoperative pain management flow charts.

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