Perioperative Pain Control: Tools for Surgeons: A Practical, Evidence-Based Pocket Guide by Peter F. Svider
English | PDF,EPUB | 2021 | 352 Pages | ISBN : 3030560805 | 11.3 MB
This comprehensive text is an easy-to-access reference that provides a foundation for understanding contemporary evidence-based practices relating to pain management in the perioperative setting. Chapters review the exponential increase in prescription drug abuse associated with the “opioid epidemic”; surgeons’ important role in managing perioperative and chronic pain in a variety of practice settings; the role of quality improvement in patient safety initiatives; inadequate opioid prescribing education (OPE) in surgical training programs; and literature demonstrating the existence of evidence-based alternatives to opioids.