Based upon the proceedings of the meeting into the uses of synthetic opioid, held at the Cleveland Clinic in the autumn of 1989. Discussing the progress and questions which arise from their usage, this book features chapters on substance abuse and on the legal implications of opioid administration.
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College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Illustrations
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Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
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978-0-409-90230-3 (9780409902303)
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Part 1 Scientific basis: biochemistry of the oploid peptides; opioid peptides and their receptors; interaction between adrenergic and opiod pathways; functional coupling among opioid receptor types; cellular and subcellular actions of opioids in the heart; spinal opioid analgesia; characterization of acute tolerance in an animal model. Part 2 Clinical applications: clinical perspectives on opioid anaesthesia; opioids and the cardiac patient; opioids in obstretrics; analgesia-anaesthesia; narcotics in neuroanaesthesia; opioids and outcome in peripheral vascular surgery; opioids and outcome in pediatric surgery; opioids and outcome in paediatric surgery; opioids and same-day surgery; monitoring the adequacy of opioid anesthesia; post-operative myocardial ischemia; mechanisms and therapies; opioids for monitored anaesthesia care; palliative therapy for cancer; the role of transdermal fentanyl in the management of cancer pain. Part 3 Delivery methods; opioid administration by continuous infusion; transmucosal narcotic delivery; transdermal fentanyl; an overview of clinical progress; patient-controlled analgesia; the use of on-demand opioids in the management of acute pain. Part 4 Issues: opiate addiction in anaesthesiologists; impairment and disability; the Yale department of anaesthesiology programme; legal exposure and opioid anaesthesia.
