Conduction Blockade for Postoperative Analgesia
Published on 17. October 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-340-55041-0 (ISBN)
Description
Much of the recent research on pain has been at a very basic level and may seem divorced from the clinician dealing with patients in severe, acute pain. This text indicates how drugs are used to provide postoperative analgesia at the level of the spinal cord or peripheral nerve axon.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 155 mm
Width: 234 mm
Weight
432 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-340-55041-0 (9780340550410)
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Content
Pain pathways, F. Cervero and J.M.A. Laird; mechanisms of impulse block, B.G. Corvino; mechanisms of transmittor block, K. Budd and R.G. Hill; the effects of pain and its treatment, N.B. Scott; intrathecal and epidural drug spread, M.S. Brockway and J.A.W. Wildsmith; clinical use of spinal opioids, M. Morgan; management of continuous extradural block, A. Lee; thoracic nerve block, A. Mowbray; regional techniques for postoperative analgesia of the limbs, H.B.J. Fischer and B.E. Smith; principles of patient management, J.H. McClure.