Pain in the Critically Ill: Assessment and Management

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Kathleen A. Puntillo
Aspen Publishers, 1991 - Business & Economics - 255 pages
Winner of the 1991 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award, this book covers the current knowledge and understanding of pain and how it is experienced by the critically ill, often in a strange environment, while receiving intensive and almost constant nursing care. Emphasis is on the most recent scientific advances in pain management and their application to critically ill patients, As well as the pain experiences of various patient populations.

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Chapter 1Pain and Related Stress in the Critical Care
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Chapter 2The Physiology of Pain and Its Consequences
9
Perception of Pain
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