With a focus on practical acute pain management in the hospital setting, Macintyre's
Acute Pain Management: A Practical Guide provides health professionals with simple and
practical information to help them manage adult patients with acute pain safely and effectively
in both surgical and nonsurgical settings.
Incorporating updated information for all medications and techniques, the sixth edition
of this established text addresses the key issues in analgesic stewardship, including
in the preadmission (where possible), admission and postdischarge phases of a patient's
care. Combining evidence-based information with practical guidelines and protocols, it
offers vital knowledge on the management of acute pain in both surgical and nonsurgical
patients, including in those with spinal cord injuries, burns, and selected medical
illnesses. More complex issues are covered, such as treating the older patient, those with
a substance use disorder, pregnant or lactating patients, patients with sleep-disordered
breathing, and those with renal or hepatic impairment. The benefits and potential risks for
analgesic medications as well as techniques are discussed, and strategies are outlined that
aim to help mitigate patient harm, including after discharge from hospital.
Macintyre's Acute Pain Management: A Practical Guide is a valuable and reliable reference
for the variety of professionals who will assess and manage patients with acute
pain, including trainees in anaesthesia and pain medicine programmes, certified registered
nurse anaesthetists, and anaesthesia assistants, junior medical staff and nurses, and
undergraduate/graduate entry level students in medical, nursing, pharmacy and other
health professional courses.