This is one of the keystone resources of pain management references for use by primary care providers. The book provides quick access to much needed guidelines that are presented in an easy-to-use, systematic format for easy access to core concepts on acute pain management. It is designed to help practitioners accurately assess pain in a variety of patient populations, and select patient-appropriate medications and interventions to achieve optimal pain management for adult patients.
This book, for use by the busy healthcare professional working in primary care, internal medicine, acute, and long term care settings, covers the topics of acute pain complaints, both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment options, current information from national guidelines, along with regional anesthesia techniques, patient-controlled analgesia, and epidural pain management.
Key features:
Offers important new perspective on combination use of pain scales to accurately predict individual pain management needs for more customized and effective management
Delivers information on how to treat hospitalized patients who suffer from chronic pain and substance abuse
Offers new information on opioid polymorphisms and their surprising effect on pain medication effectiveness
Includes a special chapter on managing pain in difficult to treat patient populations
