Summary:
Pain management is becoming a substantial part of the everyday work of the anaesthetist, and all trainee anaesthetists need a thorough grounding in the basic principles as well as developing the practical skills in order to assess, diagnose, and treat all kinds of pain.



Principles of Pain Management for Anaesthetists provides a comprehensive grounding in pain and pain management for all those requiring a practical knowledge of process and treatment. The book's highly practical approach makes it an ideal reference for every member of the multi-disciplinary team treating the patient, whether in post-operative recovery, ITU, or on the ward.

• Includes essential information on assessment, questionnaires, differential diagnosis and common presentations: exactly what the clinician needs to know
• Looks at the practical aspects of pain management, as well as providing a thorough summary of the physiology and pathology of pain
• Covers all kinds of pain - acute and chronic, back pain, persistent pain, cancer pain - in one compact volume
• Structured around the FRCA examination

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Pain as a Physiological Process
Chapter 2: Assessment of the Patient with Pain
Chapter 3: Pharmacology of Pain Relief
Chapter 4: Management of Acute Pain: Principles and Practice
Chapter 5: Acute Pain: Special Situations
Chapter 6: Acute Back Pain and Sciatica
Chapter 7: Treating Chronic Pain: Use of Drugs
Chapter 8: Treating Chronic Pain: Nerve Blocks
Chapter 9: Treating Chronic Pain: Injection of Joints and Soft Tissue
Chapter 10: Treating Chronic Pain: Stimulation and Physical Techniques
Chapter 11: Treating Chronic Pain: Implantation of Devices to Modify Pain
Chapter 12: Psychological Aspects of Pain Management
Chapter 13: Chronic Pain: The Common Problems
Chapter 14: Chronic Pain: Back and Neck Pain
Chapter 15: Pain in Malignant Disease

About the Author(s):
Stephen Coniam MA MB BChir FRCA, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol

Janine Mendham MBChB MRCP FRCA, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol

Readership:
Trainee Anaesthetists, recently qualified Anaesthetists

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