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A team of today's leaders in this rapidly changing field present definitive, evidence-based guidance on optimal postoperative pain practice. Comprehensive in scope, the text spans the spectrum of patients from infants to the elderly, and examines topics including the scientific basis of postoperative pain, management of postoperative pain, and postoperative pain management in specific clinical settings. A bonus CD-ROM, bound in the text, presents approximately 200 case-based question sets for self-assessment. Provides a comprehensive, current source of information on what practices are supported by existing evidence. Includes practical examples to demonstrate the clinical application of principles or recommendations discussed. Emphasizes evidence-based decision making practice. Presents a design and presentation suitable for all health care workers responsible for the management of postoperative pain. Offers abundant illustrations throughout to facilitate understanding of the material.

I. Evidence-Based Practice -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Principles of Evidence-Based Practice -- 3. Accessing Information on Pain Management -- 4. Practice Guidelines, Protocols and Recommendations -- II. Scientific Basis of Postoperative Pain and Analgesia -- 5. The Neurohumoral, Inflammatory and Coagulation Responses to Surgery -- 6. Nociceptive Mechanisms of Postoperative Pain -- 7. Neuropathic Mechanisms of Postoperative Pain -- 8. Genetic Factors in Postoperative Pain -- 9. Patient Outcome in Postoperative Pain -- 10. Wound Healing and Pain -- III. Management of Postoperative Pain -- 11. Pain Management Objectives -- 12. Clinical Assessment of Postoperative Pain -- 13. Prediction and Preemptive analgesia -- 14. The Acute Pain Service -- 15. Opioids: Indications, Efficacy and Regimens -- 16. Opioids: Adverse Effects, Limitations and Failures of Therapy -- 17. Patient-Controlled Analgesia -- 18. Regional and Peripheral Techniques -- 19. NSAIDs -- 20. Multimodal Analgesia -- 21. Nonconventional Analgesics and Techniques -- IV. Postoperative Pain Management in Specific Clinical Settings -- 22. Postoperative Pain Management in Infants and Children -- 23. Postoperative Pain Management in the Elderly -- 24. Postoperative Pain Management Following Caesarean Section -- 25. Postoperative Pain Management for Patients with Drug Dependence -- 26. Postoperative Pain Management in the Ambulatory Setting -- 27. Prevention And Management of Chronic Postsurgical Pain.

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