BookDavid A. Edwards, Padma Gulur, Christopher M. Sobey, editors.
Summary: This practical guide provides the perspectives needed to treat acute and chronic pain in the hospital. Authored by experts of diverse specialty backgrounds, chapters bring the available evidence together with modern strategies for caring for patients with complex pain. Basic considerations and multimodal and multidisciplinary approaches with the greatest impact on minimizing suffering and burden of care are covered in detail. The material in this text will assist the learner, the teacher, and the life-long learning practitioner by providing basic considerations for treating acute and chronic pain in the hospital. This book may also serve as a quick reference, review manual or teaching tool by teachers on rounds.
Contents:
Preface
Introduction to the Chronic Pain Patient
Definitions
Acute Pain
Chronic Pain
Opioid-induced Hyperalgesia
History
Physical Examination
The SCRIPT History Template
Patient Reported Outcomes
Clinical and Experimental Tools for Measuring Pain
Case 1: High Dose Opioids & Multiple Pain Medications
Case 2: Buprenorphine
Case 3: Methadone
Case 4: Abdominal Pain
Case 5: Unknown Pain Source
Case 6: Sickle Cell Disease
Case 7: A Cancer Pain Crisis
Case 8: Spasticity & Pain
Case 9: Renal & Hepatic Disease
Case 11: Angry Patient
Case 12: Intrathecal Pain Pump
Case 13: Spinal Cord Stimulation
Case 14: Opioid Use Disorder
Case 15: Comorbid Psychological Condition
Case 16: Poor Prognosis in a Palliative Care Patient
Case 17: Management of a Pain/Dyspnea in an Actively Dying Patient
Opioids
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)
Acetaminophen
Local Anesthetics
NMDA Antagonists
Alpha-2 Agonists
Gabapentin & Pregabalin
Tricyclic Antidepressants & Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors
Steroids
Cannabinoids
Peripheral Regional Anesthesia Blocks
Neuraxial Blocks
Vertebroplasty & Kyphoplasty
Surgical Interventions for Pain
Opioid and Non-Opioid Therapies in Palliative Care
Crisis Management and Refractory Pain
Transition to Outpatient Care & Readmissions
Opioid Tapering for Acute on Chronic Non-Cancer Pain. .