The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook Of Pain Management, 3e (pb)

The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook Of Pain Management, 3e (pb)
Author: Jane Ballantyne
Publisher:
Total Pages: 628
Release: 2006
Genre: Analgesia
ISBN: 9788189836474

The Third Edition of this highly popular pocket guide presents the state-of-the-art approaches to pain management that are currently taught and practiced at the Massachusetts General Hospital. This edition has new chapters on chronic back pain, pain control in children with chronic and terminal disease, and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, plus new illustrations of procedures and techniques. All chapters include the latest evidence-based information and coverage of fibromyalgia, psychosomatic complaints, headaches, and opioid cautions has been expanded. Tables and chapter-opening outline.

The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Pain Management

The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Pain Management
Author: Gary Brenner
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 697
Release: 2020-08-20
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1496347765

Offering expert guidance from seasoned clinicians at Massachusetts General Hospital, this bestselling handbook provides accurate, clinically essential information in a portable, quick-reference format. Broad-based, multidisciplinary coverage draws from the disciplines of anesthesiology, neurology, behavioral medicine, nursing, psychiatry, and physical therapy to provide practical, evidence-based information for sound therapeutic choices. Now in full color for the first time, The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Pain Management, Fourth Edition, contains numerous new chapters, new illustrations, and other features that keep you up to date with today’s latest approaches to pain management.

The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Pain Management

The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Pain Management
Author: Jane Ballantyne
Publisher: Lww
Total Pages: 628
Release: 2006
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780781762243

The Third Edition of this highly popular pocket guide presents the state-of-the-art approaches to pain management that are currently taught and practiced at the Massachusetts General Hospital. This edition has new chapters on chronic back pain, pain control in children with chronic and terminal disease, and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, plus new illustrations of procedures and techniques. All chapters include the latest evidence-based information and coverage of fibromyalgia, psychosomatic complaints, headaches, and opioid cautions has been expanded. Tables and chapter-opening outlines enable readers to find information quickly. A drug appendix and seven other practical appendices are included. Subscribe to Lippincott's Interactive Anesthesia Library and get online access to the fully searchable content of eight critically acclaimed references in anesthesiology, critical care, and pain management.

Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry E-Book

Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry E-Book
Author: Theodore A. Stern
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 791
Release: 2017-08-09
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323496431

For generations of practitioners, the Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry has been and is the "gold standard" guide to consultation-liaison psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine. The fully updated 7th Edition, by Drs. Theodore A. Stern, Oliver Freudenreich, Felicia A. Smith, Gregory L. Fricchione, and Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, provides an authoritative, easy-to-understand review of the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of psychiatric problems experienced by adults and children with medical and surgical conditions. Covers the psychological impact of chronic medical problems and life-threatening diseases, somatic symptom disorders, organ donors and recipients, pain, substance abuse, and polypharmacy, including a thorough review of drug actions and interactions, metabolism, and elimination. - Features DSM-5 updates throughout, as well as case studies in every chapter. - Contains practical tips on how to implement the most current and effective pharmacological therapies as well as cognitive-behavioral approaches. - Expert Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, images, videos (including video updates), glossary, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Behavioral Medicine

The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Behavioral Medicine
Author: Ana-Maria Vranceanu
Publisher: Humana Press
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2016-11-17
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319292943

This text outlines the importance of biopsychosocial factors in improving medical care, and illustrates evidence-based, state-of-the-art interventions for patients with a variety of medical conditions. Each chapter is focused on a particular health concern or illness, which is described both in terms of prevalence and frequent psychological and psychiatric comorbidities that may present to clinicians working with these populations. Consistent with evidence-based care, information on the efficacy of the treatments being described is presented to support their continued use. To accommodate the needs of clinicians, we describe population specific approaches to treatment, including goal settings, modules and skills as well as strategies to assess and monitor progress. To facilitate learning, each chapter contains one or more case examples that explicate the skills described to convey change within a behavioral medicine protocol. Each chapter also includes resources in the form of books and websites to gain additional knowledge and detail as needed. Authors are experts in the field of each chapter, ensuring that information presented is recent and of high quality.

Handbook of Pain Management

Handbook of Pain Management
Author: Ronald Melzack
Publisher:
Total Pages: 774
Release: 2003
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

A concise overview of the most important information about every clinical aspect of pain. It is for health care professionals, in practice and in training, involved in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with a wide variety of acute and chronic pain problems. The handbook is divided into three sections: clinical pain states, therapeutic approaches, and special problems of assessment and management. The emphasis throughout is on the diagnosis and treatment of clinical pain states and includes recent advances in all aspects of therapy. A special section is devoted to assessing and managing the most challenging problems: pain in children, burn pain, neuropathic pain, cancer pain, gender-related pain, AIDS-related pain and pain in the elderly.

Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry

Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry
Author: Theodore A. Stern
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 749
Release: 2010
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1437719279

Experts from the Massachusetts General Hospital-widely respected as one of the world's premier psychiatric institutions-provide practical advice on the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric issues experienced by in-hospital, medically ill adults and children. This compact resource reads like a handbook, but delivers all the details you'd expect from a textbook. Find information quickly thanks to an improved chapter organization, and get just the answers you need with concise yet complete coverage appropriate for psychiatrists and generalists alike.

The Pain Management Handbook

The Pain Management Handbook
Author: M. Eric Gershwin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 400
Release: 1998-03-10
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780896034235

Seasoned clinicians comprehensively, yet succinctly, summarize their years of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic pain across a wide variety of medical conditions. Drawing on their extensive personal knowledge of internal medicine, family practice, rheumatology, neurology, cardiology, as well as of urology, oncology, neurology, physical medicine, and gastroenterology, they provide all the practical information needed by busy practitioners to initiate appropriate diagnostic tests and therapy-without having to consult other references. Treatment is presented in practical terms, with specific but full information given on medications and dosages.

Pocket Medicine

Pocket Medicine
Author: Marc S. Sabatine
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2012-03-29
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1451170920

Prepared by residents and attending physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital, this pocket-sized looseleaf is one of the best-selling references for medical students, interns, and residents on the wards and candidates reviewing for internal medicine board exams. In bulleted lists, tables, and algorithms, Pocket Medicine provides key clinical information about common problems in internal medicine, cardiology, pulmonary medicine, gastroenterology, nephrology, hematology-oncology, infectious diseases, endocrinology, and rheumatology. The six-ring binder resembles the familiar "pocket brain" notebook that most students and interns carry and allows users to add notes. This Fourth Edition is fully updated and includes an eight-page color insert with key and classic abnormal images.