Effective Treatments for Pain in the Older Patient

Zusatztext

<p></p><p>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.</p> <p></p>

Autorenportrait

<p>Grace A. Cordts, MD, MPH, MS </p><p>Medical Director</p><p>OptumCare, Pittsburgh</p><p>Pennsylvania, USA</p><p>Paul J. Christo, MD, MBA, </p><p>Associate Professor</p><p>The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine</p><p>Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine</p><p>Division of Pain Medicine</p><p>Baltimore, Maryland </p>

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