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MEDICAL

Pain Medicine

Pain After Surgery 1st Edition

By Daniel B. Carr, MD, DABPM, FFPMANZCA(Hon) , Adjunct Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Tufts University School of Medicine; Saltonstall Professor of Pain Research, Department of Anesthesiology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA; Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer, Javelin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA

DESCRIPTION Pain After Surgery offers an in-depth, comprehensive over- view of basic and clinical research in the field. It presents the knowledge and expertise of top global researchers regarding changes in central nervous system function accompanying and

following surgery, as a model of chronic pain development. It also translates scientific understand- ing into a basis for effective clinical management of acute and persistent pain after surgery. Of interest to pain scientists and clinicians involved in perioperative care and the management of chronic pain, this title offers a timely understanding of the extensive range of available research tools and methods, as well as integrated approaches to deal with the inherent complexity of pain after surgery. In addition, it covers topics vital to today’s clinical pain management: implementing translational research methodologies while understanding their limitations; employing a compre- hensive “menu” of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies to minimize acute postoperative pain; optimizing this menu to best meet the needs of younger or older individuals; predicting which patients are most vulnerable to developing chronic postoperative pain; and defining and capturing practical data to develop evidence that supports paradigm shifts in clinical pain practice.

Softbound / ISBN: 978-1-9751-1141-0 / ($84.99 / £60.00 / €68.00) World Approx. 256 pp. / Approx. 12 2-Color Illus. / 24 in Full Color / Approx. 3 Tables / 7 x 10 / July 2018

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