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Informationen zum Autor Gary McCleane, Howard Smith Klappentext In Clinical Management of the Elderly Patient in Pain! some of the world's leading authorities describe the unique difficulties that arise when trying to provide pain relief to elderly patients--and how to overcome them. They examine conventional treatment with opioid and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs along with a broad range of alternatives to consider when frontline drugs fail. Non-drug options for pain relief from the fields of physical medicine and psychology are also explored. The commonsense! practical! patient-oriented options in this book make it an immediately useful resource for busy clinicians. Zusammenfassung Clinical Management of the Elderly Patient in Pain Inhaltsverzeichnis About the Editors, Contributors, Preface, Chapter 1. Pain and the Elderly Patient (Gary McCleane), An Aging Population, Neural Differences in the Aged, Effect of Age in Animal Pain Models, Effect of Age on Human Experimental Pain, Effect of Age on Clinical Pain, Conclusion, Chapter 2. Acute and Chronic Pain in the Elderly (Pradeep Chopra and Howard Smith), Acute Pain, Chronic Pain, Cancer Pain, Chapter 3. Pain Management and Pharmacological Differences in the Elderly Patient (Peter Passmore and David Craig), External Factors, Pharmacokinetic Alterations, Pharmacodynamic Changes, Conclusion, Chapter 4. Acetaminophen for the Elderly (Pradeep Chopra and Howard Smith), Clinical Pharmacology, Adverse Effects, Laboratory Values Affected, Overdosage, Dosage and Administration, Chapter 5. Opioids (Gary McCleane), Does Age Influence the Dose of Opioid Required to Achieve Analgesia?, Pain and Its Responsiveness to Opioids, Types of Opioid, Side Effects of Opioid Analgesics, Clinical Use of Opioids in the Elderly, Conclusion, Chapter 6. NSAIDs and the Elderly (Jennifer A. Elliott), Mechanism of Action and Physiologic Effects of NSAIDs, Classification of NSAIDs and Individual Agents of Particular Concern in the Elderly, Potential Adverse Drug Interactions with NSAIDs in the Elderly, Conclusion, Chapter 7. Tramadol for the Elderly (Pradeep Chopra and Howard Smith), Clinical Pharmacology, Adverse Events, Dosage and ...
