TY  - BOOK
AU  - Macintyre, Pamela E.
AU  - Ready, L. Brian
TI  -  Acute pain management : : a practical guide
SN  - 9780702025815
AV  - RB127.M33 2001 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - London: 
PB  - W. B. Saunders
KW  - Analgesia
KW  - Analgesia methods
KW  - Analgesics pharmacology
KW  - Pain
KW  - Pain Management
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; CONTENTS
Preface --
1. Introduction --
2. Pharmacology of opioids --
3. Pharmacology of local anesthetic drugs -- 
4. Routes of opioid administration --
5. Patient-controlled analgesia --
6. Epidural and intrathecal analgesia --
7. Other drugs used in acute pain management --
8. Other techniques used in acute pain management --
9. The opiod-dependent patient --
10. Acute neuropathic pain --
11. The elderly patient --
12.. Education. 
MCQs - questions and answers
N2  - Serves as a practical guide to the safe and effective management of conventional forms of analgesia. This second edition includes three chapters and a section of multiple choice questions to aid with examination preparation. It is a useful guide to clinical practice to all those involved in pain management
ER  -