Infusion Therapy
For Pain, Headache and Related Conditions
Editors: Abd-Elsayed, Alaa (Ed.)
Free Preview- Provides a guide to infusion therapy, there are no authoritative published guidelines currently available
- A guide to infusion therapies internationally with a focus on patient safety and appropriate practice of infusion therapy
- Evidence-based guide to enhance practice and improve standardization for this kind of therapy worldwide
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- About this book
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There is a significant gap in current knowledge about infusion therapy for treating different pain, headache and psychiatric conditions. Infusion therapy is now a common practice but there is considerable variation in how the therapy is implemented in different centers which can be both dangerous, if high doses are given, or ineffective, if low doses are given. This book provides a practical guide to infusion therapy for clinicians on how to safely and effectively perform this kind of therapy.
Chapters cover the pharmacology of each medication and evidence in literature regarding indications, contraindications and doses. A recommended algorithm is provided for patient selection, doses, infusion technique/doses and appropriate monitoring.
Infusion Therapy is the first comprehensive, clinical guide to this practice and is an invaluable resource for clinicians in anesthesia, pain medicine, internal medicine and palliative care. It will also be of interest to researchers and pharmacologists who would like to find out how clinicians use infusions.
- About the authors
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Alaa Abd-Elsayed completed his MBBCh and MPH at Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt in 2000 and 2006, respectively. He did an internship at Assiut University Hospitals, Assiut, Egypt and completed a clinical research fellowship in Anesthesiology at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He then moved to the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA for a further internship, residency in anesthesiology and fellowship in pain medicine. Since 2014 he has worked at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, WI, USA, starting as Assistant Professor/Staff Anesthesiologist and now as Medical Director for the UW Pain Clinic and Director of Pain Services for UW Health.
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“It has been thoroughly researched and provides a novel and up-to-date resource for physicians who are expanding their practice to include more intravenous therapies. … used as a rapid access field guide for pain physicians, anesthesiologists, neurologists, and intensivists alike. It would make a welcome addition to the bookshelf of any pain clinician and thoroughly succeeds in its aim to provide the reader with a practical guide to current thinking in parenteral pain therapies.” (Emma M. Casely and Helen C. Laycock, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 130 (6), June, 2020)
- Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Lidocaine Infusion Therapy
Pages 1-16
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Ketamine Infusion Therapy
Pages 17-26
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Propofol Infusion Therapy
Pages 27-38
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Magnesium Infusion Therapy
Pages 39-49
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Opioid Infusion Therapy
Pages 51-78
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Infusion Therapy
- Book Subtitle
- For Pain, Headache and Related Conditions
- Editors
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- Alaa Abd-Elsayed
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-17478-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-17478-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-17477-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-17480-4
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- X, 222
- Number of Illustrations
- 3 illustrations in colour
- Topics