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Pain is a challenging area to understand for any healthcare
professional, and quality training on the subject is required if
nurses are to provide effective pain management and person-centred
care. Based on the curriculum developed by the International
Association for the Study of Pain, this book offers an essential
guide to managing pain. Beginning with an examination of the
biology of pain, it then goes on to consider pain management across
the life course, looking at key topics including acute pain, cancer
pain and pharmacology. Case scenarios are included throughout the
book to help readers apply the knowledge they have learned to their
own practice. This book is aimed primarily at meeting the learning
needs of undergraduate nurses, and is essential reading for all
healthcare professionals studying pain. The text will be helpful as
a basic foundation for more advanced postgraduate courses in pain
management in nursing practice.
One might think working as a physician would lead to disrespect for
the human body. After all, most of the bodies we see are broken or
malfunctioning in some way. In my case, however, the opposite is
true. My practice as a pain specialist (particularly chronic pain)
has drawn me into areas beyond the usual options for medical
treatment. In the process, that has led to a fascination with the
human brain and its myriad properties. I think it's safe to say
that most of us take our brains for granted. If we think about them
at all, it's in terms of comparative mental accomplishment (in our
prime of life) or dysfunction (beyond our prime). Rarely do we
stand in awe of all that this eight-pound organ does for us. With
this book, I'm hoping to do my part to change that. The focus is on
the brain's relationship with pain, but discussing that opens a
door to broader considerations. Meanwhile, the potential readership
is literally universal -- all of us have brains, and almost all of
us (except for those with a rare condition described in the book)
have felt pain. What most of us may not realize is that research
into the causes of pain began thousands of years ago. The ancient
Egyptians pondered the question, and Greek philosophers such as
Aristotle, Plato, and Galen made it an important part of their
overall philosophies. Hippocrates was laying the foundation for
modern brain and pain study as early as the late fifth century and
other scientific icons, such as Rene Descartes and Charles
Sherrington, built on what he had discovered and postulated. By the
20th century, some new revelation about pain and its possible
treatment was being reported in the scientific journals nearly
every month. That has only accelerated over the past few years,
which makes the study of the brain and pain one of the livelier
medical specialties. Meanwhile, there has been a significant change
in the attitude toward pain by 20th century physicians, researchers
and hospital personnel. Previously, pain was simply linked to
whatever condition might be afflicting a patient, leading to the
belief that when that condition was cured or managed, the pain
would automatically disappear. Now, though, it has become apparent
that pain might be more than just a symptom. In some cases, it
becomes a condition all to itself. Since pain is literally a
product of the brain, which announces it after being warned by a
small army of nocioceptors stationed throughout the body, it is
also open to glitches in that process. Chronic pain often occurs
when the brain "remembers" pain, even though the condition that
caused it may have been dealt with. This book has a clinical core,
but I have broadened the scope to include not only research history
but touch on several peripheral issuers involving pain. That
includes a chapter on masochism and congenital insensitivity to
pain, another on the opioid epidemic.
A case-based guide with expert commentary, Challenging Concepts in
Critical Care shows how the experts approach and deal with
real-life clinical scenarios. Each chapter presents a clinically
challenging case complete with a case history, evidence based tips,
and up-to-date learning points. To give further insight into the
field, each chapter has commentary from an expert who identifies
and explains the key points and controversies of the case.
Practical yet rich in detail, Challenging Concepts in Critical Care
is a key title for anyone preparing for intensive care exams. For
each case, key information is highlighted through the use of boxes
to stimulate interest and facilitate learning: 'Learning points',
'Clinical tips', 'Evidence base', and 'Expert commentary'. With new
information on key trials, clinical practise, and evidence based
research, this book is also an invaluable resource for experienced
critical care clinicians looking for a concise update on a wide
range of challenging topics in the field. In addition, it is of
high value to senior ICU nurses, allied health professionals, and
anyone with an interest in intensive care medicine.
Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2022! The full-color Avoiding
Common Anesthesia Errors, significantly updated for this second
edition, combines patient safety information and evidence-based
guidance for over 300 commonly encountered clinical situations.
With a format that suggests conversations between an attending and
a trainee, the book helps you identify potential problems and
develop a treatment plan to minimize the problem. Brief,
easy-to-read chapters cover basic and advanced topics and help you
digest information in minutes! Coverage spans the entire field of
Anesthesiology-including subspecialties such as airway management,
critical care and pain medicine. Now with 30% more topics than the
first edition. Contributors now include more international authors
and Certified Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs). Features critical updates
to popular chapters and sections related to legal issues,
professional practice topics and coding and payment. Part of the
Avoiding Common Errors series, which presents hard-earned clinical
wisdom in an informal, easy-to-read style. Enrich Your Ebook
Reading Experience Read directly on your preferred device(s), such
as computer, tablet, or smartphone. Easily convert to audiobook,
powering your content with natural language text-to-speech.
"Mindfulness and compassion practices should be in everybody's
toolbox for a happier and healthier life. [This] book is essential
reading for providers who treat chronic illnesses and for those
suffering from them."--Arianna Huffington Pain can be a big,
unwieldy box that we struggle to carry all day. But what if we
could put down this box, unpack it, and tackle the contents one by
one? Outsmart Your Pain is Dr. Christiane Wolf's radically clear,
evidence-based guide to relieving chronic pain with mindfulness,
complete with twenty easy guided meditations and self-compassion
practices, including: rewriting the "pain story" you tell yourself
practicing loving acceptance of your body as it is mindfully
working through negative emotions strengthening your inner and
outer support systems. By separating your pain from the stressful
thoughts and troubled feelings that come with it, you can lay down
your burden and live with joy.
Throughout history many healing traditions have focused on
analgesia--the alleviation of pain--an area in which modern
medicine provides few options beyond narcotics, steroids, and
surgery. For those seeking drug- and surgery-free alternatives or
complements to conventional pain management, the choices can be
overwhelming. How do you know which method will work for you? In
this guide to safe and effective natural therapies for acute and
chronic pain, authors Marc S. Micozzi, M.D., Ph.D., and Sebhia M.
Dibra explain how your emotional boundary style--how you react to
emotional, social, environmental, and physical stresses--affects
which complementary treatments will work best for you. Providing an
easy questionnaire to determine your emotional type and an
interactive self-assessment for finding the right pain treatment
for your condition, they explore the effectiveness of mind-body
treatments for each emotional type and for many common pain
disorders, including arthritis, back pain, fibromyalgia, irritable
bowel, ulcer, migraine headaches, carpal tunnel, anxiety, PTSD, and
other chronic pain conditions. They review the available research
and scientific evidence in support of each therapy, suggesting only
well-established, safe, and clinically proven alternative
treatments, such as acupuncture, biofeedback, hypnosis, massage,
chiropractic, yoga, herbs, and essential oils. Approaching pain
holistically, they reveal how pain should be understood as a
dynamic condition--an interaction between mind and body as well as
between patient and therapy--and how your emotional type is key to
long-lasting and successful results.
With the help of this compact guide, anyone suffering from CRPS
(Complex Regional Pain Syndrome) (also known as RSD - Reflex
Sympathetic Dystrophy) will better understand their condition and
cope with the reality of living with it. Prof Karen Rodham draws on
a wealth of clinical experience to give tried-and-tested practical
advice for managing this very complex and debilitating syndrome,
about which very little is understood by the medical community at
large. Ten first-hand patient accounts of living with CRPS
illustrate just how wide-ranging the impact can be physically,
socially and emotionally, and what has helped on an individual
basis. This book's hands-on guidance will be of great help to
people diagnosed with CRPS and show family and friends how they can
best provide support. It is also an essential resource for health
psychologists working with CRPS patients.
The 2nd edition of this book describes the recent techniques,
strategies, and drugs that have been demonstrated by multicenter
randomized trials to influence survival in critically ill, defined
as those who have acute failure of at least one organ, due to
either a pathological condition or a medical intervention, and
require intensive care treatment. Each chapter focuses on a
specific procedure, device, or drug. The scope is accordingly wide,
with coverage of topics as diverse as noninvasive mechanical
ventilation, protective ventilation, prone positioning, intravenous
salbutamol in ARDS, high-frequency oscillatory ventilation, mild
hypothermia after cardiac arrest, daily interruption of sedatives,
tranexamic acid, diaspirin cross-linked hemoglobin, albumin, growth
hormone, glutamine supplementation, tight glucose control,
supranormal oxygen delivery, and hydroxyethyl starch in sepsis. The
topics selection was performed with the help of hundreds of
specialists from dozens of countries; they expressed via web if
they agreed or not with these topics and if they used them in their
daily clinical practice. The clear text is supported by "how to do"
sections and "key point" boxes that provide easily accessible
practical information. Written by acknowledged international
experts, Reducing Mortality in Critically Ill Patients is of
interest for a wide variety of specialists, including intensivists,
emergency doctors, and anesthesiologists.
The Oxford Specialist Handbook in Obstetric Anaesthesia returns for
a second edition with updated practical management advice for
medical and nursing staff in a portable, accessible format. An
invaluable quick-reference resource for all consultant
anaesthetists and SAS doctors involved in obstetric anaesthesia, as
well as a succinct exam revision aid for the FRCA, this go-to guide
provides incisive coverage of all aspects of the sub-specialty.
This is essential reading for anyone working on the labour ward,
with concise instructions for both antenatal and postnatal care. *
Illustrated with clear line diagrams of the ideal positioning for
regional techniques. * Includes top tips for techniques and
troubleshooting, plus practical advice for the busy labour ward. *
Headings and bullet points are used throughout for ease of
reference and navigation. * Fully updated, with new chapters on
'Obesity in Pregnancy', 'Neonatal Resuscitation', 'The Sick and
Septic Mother', and 'Ultrasound in Obstetric Practice'.
Chronic pain is the most common long-term health condition in the
United States. For the nearly 100 million Americans who struggle
with this burden, the substantial risks of prescription opioid
treatment have left many searching for safer, more effective
alternatives. While multidisciplinary pain treatment programs can
help, they are few in number-and few mental health practitioners
receive adequate training in pain treatment. This book provides a
comprehensive overview of treating patients with chronic pain,
using evidence-based therapies. Taking a multidisciplinary approach
that includes cognitive-behavioral therapy, acceptance and
commitment therapy, and chronic pain self-management, Darnall shows
mental health professionals how to utilize mindfulness
interventions, hypnosis, and biofeedback, and also address comorbid
problems such as depression, anxiety, and insomnia. Included are
compelling case studies, and resources for clinical and patient
training.
Internationally-recognized pain expert Don Goldenberg helps readers
better understand the intricacies of chronic pain through the lens
of personal stories, including his own. One out of three Americans
lives with chronic pain. Pain is the number one reason we seek
medical care and accounts for 40% of doctor visits. Chronic pain is
the most common cause of work loss world-wide. The yearly cost of
chronic pain in the United States is between $560-$630 billion,
higher than that of heart disease, diabetes and cancer combined.
Despite this, physicians and the public are woefully ill-informed
about chronic pain. The litany of self-help books available to the
public are largely misleading, quick-fix, junk-science. Although
there is a major push to better inform primary health-care
providers on chronic pain, they have been provided no authoritative
treatment of the subject. The Pain Epidemic provides the latest
medical information and pathways to better understanding and
treatment of chronic pain. Dr. Don Goldenberg, an internationally
known expert on pain, here discusses such hot topics as the opioid
epidemic, mind/body interactions in chronic pain, and gender bias,
as well as the role of cannabis and new potential pain treatment.
Interested readers will come away with not only a better
understanding of the pain epidemic but of pain itself.
This comprehensive book serves as a review for the Fellow of
Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) exam and functions as a concise
guide for all interventional pain doctors. Through educational
initiatives, it helps to promote consensus-building among experts
on the effectiveness of existing techniques and avenues for
advancement of therapeutic performances. The book is divided into
four sections (head and neck, thoracic, lumbar and sacral/pelvic),
and each chapter is devoted to the safe, standardized approach to
interventional procedures. To prepare both the examiner and the
examinee for the FIPP examination, each chapter contains the
relevant C-arm images and outlines the most common reasons for
"unacceptable procedures performance" and "potentially unsafe
procedures performance." Distinguishing it from many of the
previous guides, it also includes labeled fluoroscopic high quality
images and focuses on the current FIPP-examined procedures with all
accepted approaches. Written and edited by world leaders in pain,
Interventional Pain guides the reader in study for FIPP Exam and
offers a consensus on how interventional procedures should be
performed and examined.
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