Open AccessPAIN CARE ESSENTIALS
Author(s) -
Liaquat Ali
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
anaesthesia, pain and intensive care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2220-5799
pISSN - 1607-8322
DOI - 10.35975/apic.v25i2.1495
Subject(s) - modalities , pain management , medicine , neuropathic pain , psychological intervention , chronic pain , alternative medicine , pain medicine , rehabilitation , variety (cybernetics) , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , computer science , nursing , psychiatry , artificial intelligence , anesthesia , social science , pathology , anesthesiology , sociology
The best kept secret in pain management is in your own hands. Pain Care Essentials offers the readers a fingertip access to numerous topics in still emerging field of pain medicine, including physical rehabilitation in pain management, peripheral nerve blocks, neuropathic pain, pediatric and elderly pain. This book provides an overview of pain mechanisms as currently understood, and details a variety of approaches to pain management used across a wide range of complementary disciplines.
Divided into four convenient sections; the book addresses Fundamentals and Evaluation, Treatment Modalities (including opioids, interventions and alternative medicine), common Chronic Pain and Urgent Pain Problems. Integrative care concepts are presented, emphasizing multi-disciplinary approaches to address the pain. Expert contributors describe therapeutic approaches of various pain conditions and implementing self-care management options.