Principles of Pain Management

Chronic pain: management principles

Chronic pain: management principles

This book comprises a widespread and useful series of reviews on many aspects of malabsorption. The chapter authors are largely from the USA with a sprinkling of gastroenterologists from other parts of the world. The individual chapters are well-referenced. Many individual topics are discussed in detail, including intestinal immunity and malabsorption, and the relationship of alcohol, nutrition...

The principles of cancer pain management.

positional effect on gas exchange in unilateral pleural effusion. Chest 1983;83:784–6. 8 Filshie J, Penn K, Ashley S, Davis CL. Acupuncture for the relief of cancer-related breathlessness. Palliat Med 1996;10:145–50. 9 Bredin M, Corner J, Krishnasamy M, Plant H et al. Multicentre randomised controlled trial of nursing intervention for breathlessness in patients with lung cancer. BMJ 1999;318:90...

Basic principles of pain management: assessment and intervention.

This article, the first in a series written by pain nurse specialists, provides an overview of the nature, causes and structured management of acute, chronic and neuropathic pain. The differences between nociceptive and neuropathic pain, and treatment options are identified. The pain management service's roles are described in the context that a person's experience of pain is the result of biol...

Evidence-based interventional pain management: principles, problems, potential and applications.

BACKGROUND The past decade has been marked by unprecedented interest in evidence-based medicine (EBM) and a focus upon the use of innovative methods and protocols to provide valid and reliable information for and about healthcare. Thus (it is at least purported that), healthcare decisions are increasingly being based upon research-derived evidence, rather than on expert opinion or clinical expe...