BookAlaa Abd-Elsayed, editor.
Summary: This book provides a practically applicable guide on the management of patients with pain in the inpatient setting in a variety of populations.Chapters are focused on how to treat patients with a particular condition including multiple sclerosis, liver failure, sickle cell anemia, organ related pain, and autoimmune diseases. Therefore, enabling the reader to develop a thorough understanding of how to appropriately analyse the condition and put together a suitable treatment plan for a variety of pain related conditions. Guide to the Inpatient Pain Consult comprehensively covers how to manage patients with pain in the inpatient setting, and is of use to trainees and practising internists, hospitalists, surgeons, and anaesthesiologists.
Contents:
Intro
Preface
Contents
Chapter 1: General Concepts
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Initial Pain Evaluation and Diagnosis
1.3 Treatment
1.4 Pain Assessment Tools
1.5 Challenges in Management of Pain While in the Hospital
1.6 Management of Pain in the Inpatient Setting
1.7 Discharge Plan
1.8 Summary
References
Chapter 2: Patient with a Spinal Cord Stimulator
2.1 Introduction
2.2 SCS Device Mechanism
2.3 Common SCS Complications
2.3.1 Hardware Complications
2.3.2 Electrode Migration
2.3.3 Lead Fracture
2.3.4 Battery Failure 2.3.5 Device Related Infection
2.3.6 Neurological Complications
2.4 Management of Non-SCS Complications
2.4.1 MRI Considerations
2.4.2 Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices
2.4.3 Perioperative and Acute Pain Considerations
2.4.4 Pain Management for Other Reasons
2.5 Summary
References
Chapter 3: Patient with an Intrathecal Pain Pump
3.1 Introduction
3.2 IDDS Mechanisms (Fig. 3.1)
3.2.1 Different IDDS Devices
3.3 Common IDDS Complications
3.3.1 Procedural Complications
3.3.2 Mechanical Complications
3.3.3 Pharmacologic/Refill Complications 3.4 Management of other IDDS-associated considerations
3.4.1 MRI Considerations
3.4.2 Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
3.4.3 Perioperative Considerations and Acute Pain Management
3.4.4 Pain Management in the Inpatient Setting
3.5 Summary
References
Chapter 4: Patient with a Deep Brain Stimulator
4.1 Introduction, a Brief History of Deep Brain Stimulation
4.2 Pathophysiology
4.3 Diagnosis
4.3.1 Pain Assessment Tools
4.4 Challenges in the Management of Patients with DBS While in the Hospital
4.5 Deep Brain Stimulation Medical Safety Issues 4.6 Medications to Avoid
4.7 Discharge Plan for Pain Management
4.8 Summary
References
Chapter 5: Patient with a Vagal Nerve Stimulator
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Pathophysiology
5.3 Diagnosis
5.4 Treatment
5.5 Pain Assessment Tools
5.6 Challenges in Management of Pain While in the Hospital
5.7 Management of Pain in the Inpatient Setting
5.8 Discharge Plan for Pain Management
5.9 Summary
References
Chapter 6: Inpatient Pain Medicine Considerations in Patients with Heart Failure, Cardiac Arrhythmias, and Other Cardiac Conditions
6.1 Introduction 6.1.1 Heart Failure Overview
6.1.2 Cardiac Arrhythmias Overview
6.1.3 Importance of Pain Control
6.2 Pathophysiology
6.2.1 Source of Pain
6.2.2 Cardiovascular Consequences of Poor Pain Control
6.3 Risk Factors
6.4 Diagnosis
6.5 Treatment
6.5.1 Scenario 1: Management of Acute-on-Chronic Back Pain Following a Lumbar Laminectomy on the Post-operative Acute Care Floor
6.5.2 Scenario 2: Management of Multiple Fractures in the Emergency Department Following a Motor Vehicle Accident
6.5.3 Inpatient Treatment for Pain Conditions Specific to Cardiovascular Disease
6.5.3.1 Chronic Chest Pain