Acute Pain

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-923472-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 102 mm x 181 mm, Gewicht: 180 g

Reihe: Oxford Pain Management Library

A concise guide to the management of acute pain
Written in short, succinct chapters with key points to draw out the essential information
Presented in a 2-colour format with numerous illustrations

Acute pain is experienced primarily in relation to surgery and trauma, but is also present in patients with burns, cancer, and other medical
conditions. This compact volume of the Oxford Pain Management Library serves as a concise guide to treating acute pain in ist many
manifestations. Providing a background of basic science, this book covers the fundamentals of pain, the pharmacology of drugs used, and summarises the current evidence base for the management of acute pain. It provides practical direct clinical applications for busy
healthcare professionals to follow and strategies for the management of specific medical conditions and specific patient groups such as the elderly.
This pocketbook, written by highly respected multidisciplinary European experts within the field, will appeal to trainee clinicians and above in both primary and secondary care, and all related healthcare professionals.

Zielgruppe

Trainee clinicians and above in both primary and secondary care, and all related healthcare professionals

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bromley, Lesley

Brandner, Brigitta

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Notfallmedizin & Unfallmedizin (inkl. Notdienste)
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Schmerzmedizin & Schmerztherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Intensivmedizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Lesley Bromley: The physiology of acute pain
2: Lesley Bromley: The pharmacology of the drugs used in acute pain
3: Anna L. Mandeville: Non-pharmacological methods of acute pain management
4: Jeremy N. Cashman: Acute pain management in principle
5: Suellen M. Walker: Evidence and outcomes in acute pain management
6: E. Ashley and M. Doraiswami: Post-operative pain
7: Damon Kamming: Day surgery analgesia
8: B. Brandner and J. Emmanuel: Trauma pain and procedural pain: prevention of chronic pain following acute trauma
9: E. Welechew: Treatment of pain in burns patients
10: Richard F. Howard: Acute pain in children
11: A. Wagg and S. Gadgil: Acute pain in the elderly
12: John Dick: Acute pain in pregnancy
13: J. A. Smart: Acute pain in cancer
14: A. Moofeez: Acute pain in haematological disorders
15: S. R. Moonesinghe and S. Mallett: Acute pain in patients with renal or hepatic impairment
16: M. S. Chong and J. Ganesalingham: Acute pain in the neurological patient
17: Brigitta Brandner: Acute pain in chronic opiate users
18: Arif H. Ghazi and Obi Agu: Acute pain in peripheral vascular disease

Über Autor(innen)

Edited by Lesley Bromley, Consultant in Anaesthesia, University College London, London, UK, and Brigitta Brandner, Head of Acute Pain Research Group, University College London, London, UK

Contributors:
Obi Agu, Consultant Vascular & Endovascular Surgeon, University College Hospital, London, UK
Martyn Bracewell, Consultant in Anaesthesia, University College London, London, UK
Brigitta Brandner, Head of Acute Pain Research Group, University College London, London, UK
Lesley Bromley, Consultant in Anaesthesia, University College London, London, UK
Jeremy N. Cashman, Consultant Anaesthesist, St. George's Hospital, London, UK
S. Chong, Department of Neurology, King's College Hospital, London, UK
John F. R. Dick, Consultant in Anaesthesia, University College Hospital, London, UK
M. Doraiswami
J. Emmanuel
Shashi Gadgil, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University College Hospital, London, UK
J. Ganesalingham
Arif H. Ghazi
Richard Howard, Consultant Anaesthesist, The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London, UK
Damon Kamming, Consultant Anaesthesist, University College London, London, UK
Sue Mallett, Academic Lead at RFH and Head of Transfusion and Coagulation Research Group, Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
Anna L. Mandeville, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Pain Management, Psychological Medicine Department, London, UK
S. R. Moonesinghe, Locum Consultant in Anaesthesia and ICM, University College Hospital, Lonon, UK
Ali Moufeez, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management, University College Hospital, London, UK
James A. Smart, Consultant in Anaesthesia, University College Hospital, London, UK
Adrian Wagg, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University College Hospital, London, UK
Suellen M. Walker, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Anaesthesia and Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia and Pain
Medicine, Portex Department of Anaesthesia, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
Edward Welchew, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Management, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK