Book contents
- The Essence of Analgesia and Analgesics
- The Essence of Analgesia and Analgesics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- Section 1 Pain Definitions
- 2 Pain definitions and assessment
- 3 Pain pathways and pain processing
- 4 Pain characteristics
- 5 Primary and secondary hyperalgesia
- 6 Pain pathophysiology
- 7 Neuropathic pain
- 8 Genetics and pain
- 9 Persistent post-operative pain
- 10 Analgesic gaps
- 11 Multimodal analgesia (sites of analgesic activity)
- 12 A stepwise approach to pain management
- Section 2 Oral and Parenteral Opioid Analgesics
- Section 3 Neuraxial Opioid Analgesics
- Section 4 NSAIDs
- Section 5 Local Anesthetics
- Section 6 Anticonvulsant-Type Analgesics
- Section 7 NMDA Antagonists
- Section 8 Alpha-Adrenergic Analgesics
- Section 9 Antidepressants
- Section 10 Muscle Relaxants
- Section 11 Adjuvant Analgesics and Antiemetics
- Section 12 New and Emerging Analgesics
- Index
9 - Persistent post-operative pain
from Section 1 - Pain Definitions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 December 2010
- The Essence of Analgesia and Analgesics
- The Essence of Analgesia and Analgesics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- Section 1 Pain Definitions
- 2 Pain definitions and assessment
- 3 Pain pathways and pain processing
- 4 Pain characteristics
- 5 Primary and secondary hyperalgesia
- 6 Pain pathophysiology
- 7 Neuropathic pain
- 8 Genetics and pain
- 9 Persistent post-operative pain
- 10 Analgesic gaps
- 11 Multimodal analgesia (sites of analgesic activity)
- 12 A stepwise approach to pain management
- Section 2 Oral and Parenteral Opioid Analgesics
- Section 3 Neuraxial Opioid Analgesics
- Section 4 NSAIDs
- Section 5 Local Anesthetics
- Section 6 Anticonvulsant-Type Analgesics
- Section 7 NMDA Antagonists
- Section 8 Alpha-Adrenergic Analgesics
- Section 9 Antidepressants
- Section 10 Muscle Relaxants
- Section 11 Adjuvant Analgesics and Antiemetics
- Section 12 New and Emerging Analgesics
- Index
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- The Essence of Analgesia and Analgesics , pp. 41 - 50Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010