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Principles of Analgesic Use in the Treatment of Acute Pain and Cancer Pain, Sixth Edition
Compiled and written by a committee of clinical investigators and consultants who understand the realities of acute and cancer pain, Principles of Analgesic Use in the Treatment of Acute Pain and Cancer Pain, Sixth Edition provides the latest, most thorough drug therapy guidelines and references.
Perfect as a resource for teaching medical and nursing students, this updated, easy-to-use guide offers concise information about appropriate drug selection, dosing variation among patient populations, rapid treatment of breakthrough pain, and side-effect minimization.
Features include:
- Eight tables that put important dosage information right at your fingertips
- Coverage of the clinical pharmacology of analgesics introduced since the fifth edition
- Updated references and indices of topics and drugs that provides quick access to information you need
This revised edition features up-to-date information, including
- A table on Guidelines for Patient-Controlled Intravenous Opioid Administration for Opioid Naïve Adults and Children with Acute Pain
- A new table with conversions of oral morphine to transdermal fentanyl
- A new table with guidelines for methadone administration
- An updated opioid relative potency table incorporating data from recent repeated-dose studies
- Expanded information on anticonvulsants including pregabalin and lamotrigine.