Compact Clinical Guide to Cancer Pain Management (ePub) von Pamela Davies

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Section I - Overview of cancer pain

Chapter 1 The problem of cancer pain

Chapter 2 Important assessment concepts and tools for HCPs and nurses to use when assessing pain in patients with cancer

Section II Helping nurses and HCPs to develop a plan of care for medication managemnt and non-pharmacological interventions

Foreword Preface
Acknowledgments

SECTION I: OVERVIEW OF CANCER PAIN

1.Overview of Cancer Pain

2.Assessing Pain in Patients With Cancer

SECTION II: COMMON MEDICATIONS AND TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR CANCER-RELATED PAIN

3.Using Nonopioid Medications for Cancer PainManagement

4.Opioid Medications for Cancer Pain

5.Coanalgesics for Additive Pain Relief in Cancer Patients

6.Management of Side Effects From Pain Medications

7.Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Techniquesfor Managing Cancer Pain

SECTION III: INTERVENTIONAL OPTIONS FOR MANAGING PAIN IN PATIENTS WITH CANCER

8.Infusions and Regional Techniques

9.Specialty Blocks and Implanted Techniques for Cancer Pain Management

10.Palliative Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, and Surgeryfor Pain Control

SECTION IV: SPECIAL TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS

11.The Effect of Opioid Polymorphisms and Other PhysiologicFactors on Treating Cancer Pain

12.Opioid Addiction, Dependency, and Tolerance in PatientsWith Cancer

13.Developing a Comprehensive Plan of Care and PrescribingSafely

SECTION V: MANAGING CANCER?RELATEDPAIN CONDITIONS

14.Cancer Pain Emergencies

15.Neuropathic Pain

16.Myofascial Pain

17.Chronic Pain in the Cancer Survivor

SECTION VI: PALLIATIVE CARE, HOSPICE,AND END-OF-LIFE CARE

18.Palliative Care and Hospice: Care When There Is No Cure

19.Pain Management at the End of Life

20.Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer Pain

Appendices

A.Selected Websites for Additional Information

B.Equianalgesic Conversion Table

Index

Chapter 3 Non-opioid medications

Chapter 4 Opioid medications

Chapter 5 Co-analgesic medications

Chapter 6: Management of medication side effects

Chapter 7. Complementary techniques for pain relief

Section III Helping nurses and HCPs to understand how to incorporate interventional options for managing chronic pain in the patient plan of care

Chapter 8 Regional techniques

Chapter 9 Implanted techniques

Chapter 10 Palliative Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy and Surgery for Pain Control

Section IV Special Treatment Considerations for nurses and HCPs caring for patients with cancer related pain

Chapter 11 Effect of opioid polymorphisms (new research indicates need for rotating use of controlled drugs to avoid resistance development)

Chapter 12 Differences in opioid dependency, addiction and tolerance

Chapter 13 Developing a comprehensive treatment plan

Section V Helpful information for nurses and HCPS on managing cancer related pain conditions

Chapter 14 Cancer Pain Emergencies

Chapter 15 Neuropathic pain

Chapter 16 Myofascial pain

Chapter 17 Chronic pain in the cancer survivor

Section VI The role of the nurse and HCP in providing Palliative care, hospice, and end of life care

Chapter 18 Palliative Care

Chapter 19 Hospice

Chapter 20 End of life care

Chapter 21: Psychosocial aspects of cancer pain

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