
Spinal Narcotics
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published on 31. December 1989
Book
Hardback
XIV, 148 pages
978-0-7923-0374-9 (ISBN)
Description
One of the most exciting developments in medicine in this century has been the discovery of opioid receptors and their pharmacology. The breadth of know- edge derived from such discovery has truly changed the practice of medicine today. The acceptance by the clinicians of the research data obtained by the basic scientist on spinal opioids is truly amazing. The clinical sequelae of the discovery of opioid receptors has been the development of the technique of intraspinal administration of opioids. In the last decade much has been written about indications, effects, and side effects of intraspinal opioids. The technique has become commonplace for cancer and postoperative pain. However, no standards of care and management of patients with spinally administered opioids have been developed. We need these standards to be developed and universally followed. The monograph was conceived to update clinicians on the applied pharma cology of spinal opioids. We were fortunate to have Drs. N. Rawal and D. Coombs agree to edit this monograph. They have been able to assemble world-renowned experts as contributing authors. It is our hope that the con tents of this book will be stimulating, informative, and useful to the reader. PREFACE Much has been written about the subject of spinal opioid analgesia, includ ing several notable reviews. We were stimulated to assemble this particular volume in this important series on pain management initiated by Dr. Raj for a number of reasons.
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Series
Edition
1990 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Research
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
XIV, 148 p.
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7923-0374-9 (9780792303749)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4613-1609-1
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Narinder Rawal | Dennis W. Coombs
Spinal Narcotics
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Content
1. Opioid receptors: Types, distribution, and pharmacological profiles.- 2. Systemic and local distribution of opioids after spinal administration: Implications for their clinical use.- 3. Indications for the use of intraspinal opioids.- 4. Perioperative stress reduction with intraspinal opioids.- 5. Adverse effects of spinal opioids in acute pain and their management.- 6. The role of intraspinal opioids in obstetrics.- 7. Delivery systems for chronic spinal analgesia.- 8. Spinal opioid analgesia: Present status and future developments.