Effective Treatments for Pain in the Older Patient -

Effective Treatments for Pain in the Older Patient

Buch | Softcover
197 Seiten
2018 | 1st ed. 2019
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4939-8825-9 (ISBN)
69,54 inkl. MwSt
This clinically focused book provides the essential modalities for managing pain in older patients. Practical, concise and authored by leaders in pain medicine, this will serve as an invaluable guide to practitioners that care for older people.
This clinically focused book provides the essential modalities for managing pain in older patients. Chapters cover a variety of topics important for clinicians, including effective approaches, evaluation, acute and chronic pain, interventional strategies, and addiction issues. Complexities in assessing and treating pain when presented with multiple comorbidities and the unique physical, cognitive, and sensory changes that occur in the elderly are discussed in detail. Practical, concise and authored by leaders in pain medicine, this will serve as an invaluable guide to practitioners that care for older people.

Grace A. Cordts, MD, MPH, MS Medical Director OptumCare, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, USA Paul J. Christo, MD, MBA,  Associate Professor The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine Division of Pain Medicine Baltimore, Maryland 

1.  Effective Approaches for Pain Relief in Older Adults.- 2. Pain Assessment in Older Adults.- 3. Acute Pain Management in Older Adults.- 4. Unique Physiologic Considerations.- 5. Specific Conditions Causing Persistent Pain in Older Adults.- 6. Antiepileptics.- 7. A Biopsychosocial Perspective on the Assessment and Treatment of Chronic Pain in Older Adults.- 8. Interventional Strategies for Pain in Older Adults.- 9. Assessing and Managing Addiction Risk in Older Adults with Pain. 

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 4 Illustrations, color; 12 Illustrations, black and white; X, 197 p. 16 illus., 4 illus. in color.
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Anästhesie
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Geriatrie
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Schmerztherapie
Schlagworte Anesthesiology • critical care • Family Medicine • Geriatric • Internal Medicine • Neurology • Nurse Anesthesia • Older adults • Older patients • Pain Medicine • pain relief
ISBN-10 1-4939-8825-5 / 1493988255
ISBN-13 978-1-4939-8825-9 / 9781493988259
Zustand Neuware
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