Chronic Pain Management for the Hospitalized Patient.

Cover -- Chronic Pain Management for the Hospitalized Patient -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Part I Chronic Pain as a Disease and Challenges of Chronic Pain Management in Hospital Settings -- 1. Epidemiology of Chronic Pain and Opioid Use and Challenges of Chronic Pain Management in Hospital Settings -- 2. Molecular and Physiological Markers and Mechanisms of Chronic Pain -- 3. Psychological and Social Markers of Chronic Pain -- 4. Pain Assessment Scales, Clinical Tools and Techniques -- 5. Opioids: An Overview -- 6. Non-​Opioid Medications -- 7. How and When You Should Get a Pain Medicine Consult and What You Should Ask-​Establishing Treatment Goals -- Part II Management of Chronic Pain in Selected Settings -- 8. Management of Chronic Pain in the Emergency Department -- 9. Management of Chronic Pain in the Intensive Care Unit -- 10. Chronic Pain Patients in the Labor and Delivery Unit -- 11. Management of Chronic Pain in Patients in the Pediatric Unit -- 12. Management of Chronic Pain in the Geriatric Unit -- 13. Management of Chronic Pain in the Palliative Care Unit -- 14. Management of Chronic Pain in Nursing Homes, Rehabilitation Facilities, Long-​Term Care Facilities, Prisons and on the Psychiatric Unit -- Part III Role of Nursing, Pharmacy Specialist, and Other Hospital Services in Management of Chronic Pain Patients -- 15. Nursing Considerations -- 16. Role of the Pharmacist in Management of Patients' Chronic Pain in the Hospital Setting -- 17. Role of the Clinical Psychologist -- 18. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Consultation of the Inpatient with Chronic Pain -- 19. Integrative Medicine in Treatment of Inpatients' Chronic Pain -- Part IV Management of Chronic Pain in Selected Patient Categories -- 20. Chronic Pain in Hospitalized Patients with Selected Medical Conditions.

21. Management of Chronic Pain in Neurological Disorders -- 22. Management of Chronic Pain in Hospitalized Patients with a History of Substance Abuse -- 23. Management of the Patients with Spinal Cord Stimulators and Intrathecal Pumps -- Part V Perioperative Chronic Pain Management -- 24. Preoperative Chronic Pain Management: Coordination of Surgical and Anesthesiology Services in Preparation for Surgery -- 25. General and Regional Anesthesia for Patients with Pre-​existing Chronic Pain -- 26. Postoperative Pain Management -- Part VI Patient Satisfaction and Quality Management of Hospitalized Chronic Pain Patients -- 27. Prevention of Chronic Postoperative Pain after Hospitalization: Myth or Reality? -- 28. Patient Satisfaction -- 29. Criteria for Discharge from the Hospital from the Chronic Pain Perspective -- Appendix: Opioid Conversion Table -- Index.

Chronic Pain Management for the Hospitalized Patient equips clinicians to provide safe and effective management of hospitalized patients with co-existing chronic pain. It provides a comprehensive practical guide to pain physiology, opioid and non-opioid management, pain prevention strategies, special considerations for disease states, surgical conditions, and special populations.

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