Pain and pain management

Edited by internationally recognized pain experts, this book offers 73 clinically relevant cases, accompanied by discussion in a question-and-answer format.

Palliative care has become increasingly important across the spectrum of healthcare, and with it, the need for education and training of a broad range of medical practitioners not previously associated with this field of care.

Kopfschmerzen können lähmen, Migräne attackiert das Leben – doch es gibt Wege, den Schmerz zu verstehen und die Kontrolle zurückzugewinnen!

Leading experts in fluid management explain what you should know when providing infusion fluids to surgical and critical care patients.

Despite the proliferation of pain clinics and various pain-oriented therapies, there is an absence of data supporting any substantial change in the statistics regarding the incidence, development and persistence of pain.

Part of the What Do I Do Now?

Research has demonstrated that children with cancer and their parents regards procedure-related pain as one of the most difficult parts of having cancer, and their distress continues years after the completion of anti-cancer treatment.

In the United States, over half of pregnant women receive some form of anesthesia for their deliveries; this translates into well over 2 million anesthetics per year.

Effective pain management requires increasingly specialized knowledge.

No specialty faces more diverse and challenging ethical dilemmas than palliative medicine.

In this book, public health ethicist Daniel S.

There is an unmet need in both acute and chronic care settings for a comprehensive, clinically focused, fast reference on pain management.

Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt.

The Hospice Companion is a guide to the processes of care during the intensive, interpersonal experiences of hospice work.

The purpose of this text is to provide not only the science and current knowledge of pediatric pain management but a rationale for intervention.

Chronic pain affects every aspect of life-physical well-being, mood, stamina, and feelings of self worth and self respect.

In this groundbreaking book, Dr.

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Orofacial Pain: A Guide to Medications and Management brings together guidance and information on the rational use of medications for the treatment of chronic orofacial pain.

Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care Flashcards is a comprehensive, evidence-based book of flashcards for clinicians caring for patients who require hospice and palliative care and supportive care.

This book is designed for physicians in the ICU who need a straightforward, practical reference for management of critically ill neurological and neurosurgical patients.

This concise, accessible text demystifies all aspects of the cardiothoracic critical care unit and cardiothoracic patient management.

This book will enable readers to understand the principles underpinning the management of pain which a particular emphasis upon the care of the older adult.

This Atlas serves as a guide to beginning implanters, intermediate implanters, and the most advanced practitioners.

This new book examines the issue of pain in individuals with intellectual disabilities by introducing the topic as well as suggesting a model for pain in this population.

This book is written for any clinician who encounters substance abuse in a patient and wonders what to do.

Prescription Drug Diversion and Pain provides an interdisciplinary overview of medications used to treat chronic pain, specifically the benefits and risks that are posed by long-term opioids use.

More than 120 short and long case questions and answers based on those given at recent Final FRCA viva examinations.

Chronic back pain has been and continues to be a major cause of distress (both to people with persistent pain and their significant others), disability, work loss, and a huge cost to society.

This book offers a diagnostic tool for physicians and psychologists who want to systematically document pain within a multimodal structure.

The management of pain can often be achieved by medications, physical therapies, or by various procedural techniques that have evolved in recent decades.

This is the first comprehensive book on the biology and ecology of pufferfish, also known as blowfish, swellfish, and globefish.

Caring for patients with fibromyalgia requires an understanding of the complex nature of this condition.

This valuable and insightful study into chronic pain and its treatment advances a striking analysis of the complex phenomenon of chronic pain, also attesting to the importance of the medical humanities in addressing urgent questions that medical science alone cannot resolve.

Dissects the nature of complications and helps anaesthetists and anaesthetic practitioners understand, avoid and manage these efficiently.

Soothe your digestive system with 200+ meal plans and recipes.

From childhood to millennials and beyond, it is essential we take a life-course approach to occupation and work when in pain.

From the Foreword, by Stewart J.

Recent advances in medicine for resuscitation and care have led to an increased number of patients that survive severe brain damage but who are poorly responsive and non-communicative at the bedside.

As humanitarian aid organizations have evolved, there is a growing recognition that incorporating palliative care into aid efforts is an essential part of providing the best care possible.

As the growing prevalence of chronic low back pain continues to burden our healthcare system, identification and treatment of the appropriate source of pain is critical.

An updated edition of this definitive, unrivalled, no-nonsense textbook, providing treatment guidelines for effective central pain management.

At last, a book to take practitioners in the mental health field through the various steps involved in successful clinical audit.

A one-stop reference for clinicians at all levels faced with uncommon problems in acute medicine.

This long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestselling The MELT Method introduces a unique, scientific-based proactive training program for improving overall balance, performance, and control while preventing pain and injury.

Improved cancer treatment and survival rates have resulted in a growing number of cancer survivors who live years, and even decades, after their cancer diagnosis.

New ebook edition of this popular yoga book - with exercises selected to care for the back and spine.

Orofacial pain - defined as pain lasting over three months in the mouth or face - is increasing in prevelance, with approximately 7% of the UK population having experienced it.