Effective Treatments for Pain in the Older Patient

Download or read book Effective Treatments for Pain in the Older Patient written by Grace A. Cordts and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-13 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.