Description
Book SynopsisPostoperative pain is a common problem in clinical practice that becomes chronic in approximately 10% to 30% of adults who undergo surgery, being severe in 5 to 10% of them. It is one of the main causes of chronic pain, which makes it a major public health problem. It generates in patients who suffer it a worsening of their quality of life, their psychological well-being, and disability with the consequent incapacity for work. Given that both its aetiology and its consequences are complex and multifactorial, postoperative pain must be approached from a multimodal perspective: preventive, pharmacological, nutritional, rehabilitative, nursing intervention, psychological and, in those refractory cases, through surgical approaches or nerve block techniques. This book aims at first to analyse the pathophysiological and psychological bases that underlie its aetiology. Next, it aims to carry out an updated review of the multidisciplinary programs for the treatment of postoperative pain that have been carried out and what their results have been. Moreover, the contribution of each of these disciplines in the ambulatory management of postoperative pain will be reviewed. Finally, we want to study the peculiarities of the management of this type of pain in the oncological patient, as well as the personal and socioeconomic consequences and the increase in other comorbidities of this important reason for consultation.
Table of ContentsPreface; Molecular Basis for Understanding Pain and its Treatment; Psychological Bases of Pain; Basis of Ambulatory Management of Postoperative Pain; Pharmacological Treatment to Ambulatory Management of Postoperative Pain; Perioperative Immunonutrition and Effects on Postoperative Pain; Endocrinometabolic Alterations Secondary to Postoperative Pain and Its Management; Intraoperative Approaches for Postoperative Pain Relief; Laparoscopic-Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane Block; Nerve Blocks for Postoperative Pain Control; Surgical Site Infections (SSI); Special Features of Postoperative Pain Management in the Pediatric Patient; Special Features of Postoperative Pain Management in Elderly Patients; Special Features of Postoperative Pain Management in the Oncological Patient; Nursing Intervention on Ambulatory Pain Management; Physical Rehabilitation and Postoperative Exercises for Postoperative Pain Relief; Mindfulness and Postoperative Pain; Effects of Music Therapy on Perioperative Stress and Anxiety; Review of Multidisciplinary Strategies in the Treatment of Chronic Postoperative Pain; Economic Impact of Postoperative Pain; Index.
