BookPeter F. Svider, Anna A. Pashkova, Andrew P. Johnson, editors.
Summary: This comprehensive text is an easy-to-access reference that provides a foundation for understanding contemporary evidence-based practices relating to pain management in the perioperative setting. Chapters review the exponential increase in prescription drug abuse associated with the "opioid epidemic"; surgeons' important role in managing perioperative and chronic pain in a variety of practice settings; the role of quality improvement in patient safety initiatives; inadequate opioid prescribing education (OPE) in surgical training programs; and literature demonstrating the existence of evidence-based alternatives to opioids. Written and edited by experts in the field of anesthesiology and pain medicine, Perioperative Pain Control: Tools for Surgeons is a practical resource for surgical trainees and surgeons of all specialties including general surgery, thoracic surgery, otolaryngology, plastic surgery, urology, gynecology, vascular surgery, neurosurgery, and orthopedic surgery.
Contents:
Perioperative Pain Control: Practical Tools for Surgeons
The Surgeon's Role in the Opioid Epidemic
Pain Prescription Legislation: What You Need to Know as the Surgeon
Opioid Prescribing Education in Surgical Training (Follow COP)
Pre-operative Optimization
Non-Opioid Adjuncts and Alternatives
Post-Operative Analgesia for the Chronic Pain Patient
Non-Enteral Pain Management
Perioperative Annalgesia in General Abdominal, Vascular, and Thoracic Surgery
Perioperative Analgesia for Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
Evidence-Based Perioperative Analgesia for Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Perioperative Analgesia in Cranial and Skull Base Surgery
Perioperative Analgesia for Orthopedic and Spine Surgery
Evidence-Based Perioperative Analgesia for Urologic Surgery
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Perioperative Analgesia and Pain Management in Pediatric Patients
Approaches to Perioperative Pain Management in the Plastic Surgical Patient. .