Acute pain management essentials : a interdisciplinary approach / Alan David Kaye, MD, PhD, DABA, DABPM, DABIPP, FASA, Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, Chief Academic Officer, and Provost, Pain Program Fellowship Director, Professor Departments of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Neurosciences, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, Richard D. Urman, MD, MBA, FASA, Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Unit I: Basic principles -- Unit II: Organ systems -- Unit III: Special populations -- Unit IV: Treatment modalities -- Unit V: Subspecialty considerations and other topics.

Covering both surgical and non-surgical pain, Acute Pain Management Essentials is a comprehensive, clinically oriented reference for the entire acute pain management team. Edited by Drs. Alan David Kaye and Richard D. Urman, this new title brings together the expertise of contributing authors from anesthesiology, medicine, surgery, and allied health professions to offer an interdisciplinary approach to this complex and fast-changing field. Beginning with an overview of basic principles, it then approaches pain management by organ system, by patient population, and by treatment modality, ending with review of subspecialty considerations and related topics.-- Back cover.