Acute Pain - Pathophysiology and Treatment (Hardcover)

An illustrated handbook of acute pain with emphasis on post-operative pain. The author begins with a comprehensive analysis of acute pain, followed by specific analyses across a broad range of clinical situations. Topics include basic mechanisms of pain, measurement methods, pathophysiology of acute pain, pain receptors and tracts, pharmacology of drugs, opioids, NSAIDS, local anaesthetic, adjuvant drugs, non-drug methods, PCA, and epidural and nerve blocks. It then moves into management modalities across a variety of applications, including paediatrics, obstetrics, day-case surgery, major surgery, dental surgery, intensive care, trauma and burns. The author addresses acute pain as it relates to special clinical problems including liver, renal and renal colic, coagulation, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, drug abuse, migraine and elderly patients.