Effective Treatments for Pain in the Older Patient

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cordts, Grace A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Christo, Paul J. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Pain medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Geriatrics.; Critical care medicine.; Neurology .; Pain Medicine.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Neurology.
• Physical Description: X, 197 p. 16 illus., 4 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781493988273
• DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8827-3

This clinically focused book provides the essential modalities for managing pain in older patients. Chapters cover a variety of topics important for clinicians, including effective approaches, evaluation, acute and chronic pain, interventional strategies, and addiction issues. Complexities in assessing and treating pain when presented with multiple comorbidities and the unique physical, cognitive, and sensory changes that occur in the elderly are discussed in detail. Practical, concise and authored by leaders in pain medicine, this will serve as an invaluable guide to practitioners that care for older people.