Description
Book SynopsisThis book describes bedside pain management interventions for basic clinical situations commonly encountered during the inpatient care. It aims to provide clinicians with real-world practical information, including patient selection, required equipment, and procedure guidance, that will optimize patient management. Each chapter addresses a particular procedure or a set of procedures, with specialties selected according to the subject matter.
Physicians of any specialty practicing in hospital settings, residents, fellows in training, medical students, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, psychology, chiropractors, physical therapy and integrative medicine specialists will find this text to be comprehensive and practical.
Table of ContentsPart 1. Challenges of inpatient management of pain.
Molecular and physiological mechanisms of acute and chronic pain
Assessment scales, clinical tools and techniques
Challenges of the management of acute pain in hospitalized patients with preexisting chronic pain, barriers to adequate pain control in hospital settings
Patient satisfaction with inpatient management of pain.
Limitations of inpatient pharmacological treatment: opioids, NSAIDs, Antidepressants, Anti-anxiety medications, Membrane stabilizers, Antipsychotics, other medications.
Patient groups with limited tolerance to pharmacologic management (end-organ failure, elderly, children, pregnant, breastfeeding patients, patients with mental conditions etc.)
Part 2. Bedside interventions for special populations of patients
Special considerations for bedside pain management interventions for elderly
Special considerations for bedside pain management interventions for children
Bedside interventions for parturients
Neuraxial anesthesia
Bedside perioperative interventions
Bedside interventions in patients with implanted pain management devices, including intrathecal pumps, spinal cord stimulators, and peripheral nerve stimulator
Portable sonography and landmark techniques for bedside interventional procedures.
Complications of bedside interventional procedures. Local anesthetic toxicity.
Part 3. Bedside Pain Management Interventions.
Bedside injections for head and neck pain
Bedside injections for shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand pain.
Bedside injections for upper back pain
Bedside injections for thoracic pain
Bedside injections for abdominal pain
Bedside injections for pelvic pain
Bedside injections for lower back and sacral pain
Bedside injections for hip, knee, and foot pain
Bedside injections for lower extremity pain
Bedside Chiropractic and Osteopathic Manipulations
Bedside Pain Psychology Interventions
Bedside Physical Therapy Interventions
Bedside Integrative Medicine Interventions
