Edition |
2nd ed. |
Description |
xix, 795 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Pain management : problems and progress -- Basic mechanisms underlying the causes and effects of pain -- Assessment : underlying complexities, misconceptions, and practical tools -- Overview of three groups of analgesics -- Nonopioids : acetaminophen and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) -- Opioid analgesics -- Adjuvant analgesics -- Procedural pain management -- Practical nondrug approaches to pain -- Substance abuse -- Chronic nonmalignant pain -- Selected pain problems -- Pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and breast feeding : use of analgesics -- Pain in infants -- Pain in the elderly -- Building institutional commitment to improving pain management. |
Subject |
Pain -- Nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Pain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Added Author |
Pasero, Chris.
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ISBN |
081515609X (pbk.) |
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