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Interventional pain control in cancer pain management / edited by Joan Hester, Nigel Sykes, Sue Peat.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cancer pain--Treatment.
- Cancer pain.
- Cancer--Complications--Treatment.
- Cancer.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The effective management of pain from cancer is a top priority for patients, carers and healthcare professionals, and has been the subject of extensive research. Approximately two-thirds of cancer patients will experience severe pain, and many of them will have more than one pain. However, because of the increasing number of available treatments for cancer, patients are surviving for longer periods, and are developing complex consequences of their cancer and its treatment, such ascentral and peripheral neuropathic pain syndromes. Approximately 8 - 10% of cancer pain remains unrelieved by conve
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Contributors; 1 Setting the scene; 2 Difficult pain problems; 3 Interventional pain control: Background and current role; 4 Mechanisms of cancer pain; 5 Neuraxial (epidural and intrathecal) infusions I: Anatomy and commonly used drugs: mode of action, pharmacokinetics, side effects, and evidence base for effectiveness; 6 Neuraxial (epidural and intrathecal) infusions II: Patient selection, epidural versus intrathecal, equipment, description of the technique, complications, national use; 7 Practical nursing management of epidural and intrathecal infusions
- 8 Peripheral blocks, plexus blocks, and intrathecal neurolysis9 Blocks of the autonomic nervous system; 10 Cordotomy; 11 The use of peripheral nerve and spinal cord neuromodulation in cancer pain; 12 Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and acupuncture; 13 The patient's perspective; Appendix; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-58201-5
- 9786613894465
- 0-19-162866-2
- OCLC:
- 801363516
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