This comprehensive book provides reviews of pain management complications that arise in clinical practice. Organized into sections focused on types of pain therapy and procedures, each chapter is based on actual complications; starting with a case description that delineates the context with a short past medical and surgical history, pain management technique and outcome it is followed by a comprehensive review of the topic described in the first section. Authors emphasize the elements of differential diagnosis that pointed towards establishing of the complication and describe the best way to treat the identified complication. Physicians treating pain patients will be presented the necessary tools in identifying and treating unanticipated complications following pain interventions, thus providing safer care for their patients.
Drug overdose, driven largely by overdose related to the use of opioids, is now the leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States.
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This is the approach which the contributors to this new subject of major clinical interest invite you to follow as you work your way through this book. Primum non nocere.
Postoperative Pain Management
Management of perioperative pain is of great importance to patients, and a critical management issue for physicians and other health professionals who provide perioperative care.
Edited by internationally recognized pain experts, this book offers 73 clinically relevant cases, accompanied by discussion in a question-and-answer format.
Addressing Sickle Cell Disease examines the epidemiology, health outcomes, genetic implications, and societal factors associated with SCD and sickle cell trait (SCT).
This text covers the fundamentals of pain, the pharmacology of drugs used, and summarises the current evidence base for the management of acute pain.
Comprising 25 chapters covering all three specialties associated with anaesthesiology – regional and general anaesthesia, pain, and intensive care - this book presents the most recent information in the field, in a concise and highly ...
the strongest evidence bases for the treatment of chronic pain ; it also has been shown to reduce prescription opioid use and abuse among patients with chronic pain . 92,93 Empirical data also indicate that other components of ...