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PAIN: Clinical Manual provides
nurses, pharmacists, and physicians with a comprehensive, invaluable guide to
an interdisciplinary approach for the care of patients with pain. Committed to
improving the care of patients with pain, the authors along with contributors
apply scientific knowledge and their clinical experience to provide practical
tools and guidelines for the care of patients in all clinical settings and all
age groups. Highlights include the following:
- Pharmacologic content in four chapters–the three analgesic
groups and an overview of how to combine them
- Ready-to-use, reproducible patient-information handouts on
analgesics and nondrug methods of pain relief
- Ready-to-use, reproducible policies, procedures, and protocols
- Patient examples that illustrate key points
- Pain rating scales in over 20 languages
- Pediatric content that is integrated throughout and easily
identified by an icon
- Laminated cards: Equianalgesic Charts–opioids and nonopioids;
Dosing Guides–adjuvant analgesics and nonopioid analgesics
- Clinical snapshots and illustrations of selected pain problems
such as pain related to sickle cell disease, peripheral neuropathy, and
fibromyalgia
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