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The Variant Effect: PAINKILLER

Author : G. Wells Taylor

Publisher : G. Wells Taylor

Page : 78 pages

File Size : 31,65 MB

Release : 2010-11

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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WHEN VARIANT SQUAD Captain Joe Borland works up the nerve to take care of some long-overdue business, he stumbles upon the terrifying shape of things to come. Dreams and reality collide in the shadow of the Variant Effect. Joe Borland returns in PAINKILLER, a gut-wrenching novella of grisly horror that takes place between the events in The Variant Effect books: SKIN EATERS and GREENMOURNING. It's been twenty years since Borland battled the Variant Effect, and twenty since he let his partner get skinned alive. Now both of them are being ordered back into action to meet the new threat.



The Genetics of Pain

Author : Jeffrey Steven Mogil

Publisher : Progress in Pain Research and

Page : 376 pages

File Size : 23,42 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Medical

ISBN :

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Genetics more than any other biological approach can explain why some people experience more pain than others and receive less benefit from existing analgesics. Sixteen scholarly articles from international contributors describe the application of genetic techniques to the problem of pain and consider the knowledge that has so far resulted. Three themed sections review the techniques that are allowing the study of pain mechanisms at the genetic level; describe the progress being made in lab animals and humans in identifying the genes responsible for individual differences; and explore the practical and ethical issues that face pain researchers. The editor is associated with the Centre for Research on Pain, McGill U., Montreal. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).



Chronic Postsurgical Pain

Author : Gérard Mick

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 175 pages

File Size : 37,5 MB

Release : 2014-02-20

Category : Medical

ISBN : 3319043226

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Primum non nocere... The fact that a surgical procedure can leave any kind of pain casts a shadow over this tenet, which is seen as the basis of medical practice and anchor of its principle ethic... It is all the more surprising in that medicine has only paid attention to this paradoxical chronic pain situation for the past few years. Clarifying the knowledge acquired in this field has become all the more urgent for any care-giver today confronted by a legitimate request from patients: Why and how can a surgical procedure, which is supposed to bring relief, leave behind an unacceptable sequela? This is the approach which the contributors to this new subject of major clinical interest invite you to follow as you work your way through this book.



Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher : National Academies Press

Page : 483 pages

File Size : 42,2 MB

Release : 2017-09-28

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0309459575

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Drug overdose, driven largely by overdose related to the use of opioids, is now the leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States. The ongoing opioid crisis lies at the intersection of two public health challenges: reducing the burden of suffering from pain and containing the rising toll of the harms that can arise from the use of opioid medications. Chronic pain and opioid use disorder both represent complex human conditions affecting millions of Americans and causing untold disability and loss of function. In the context of the growing opioid problem, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched an Opioids Action Plan in early 2016. As part of this plan, the FDA asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to convene a committee to update the state of the science on pain research, care, and education and to identify actions the FDA and others can take to respond to the opioid epidemic, with a particular focus on informing FDA's development of a formal method for incorporating individual and societal considerations into its risk-benefit framework for opioid approval and monitoring.



Acute Pain Management

Author : Raymond S. Sinatra

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 729 pages

File Size : 30,95 MB

Release : 2009-04-27

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0521874912

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This textbook provides an overview of pain management useful to specialists as well as non-specialists, surgeons, and nursing staff.



The Essence of Analgesia and Analgesics

Author : Raymond S. Sinatra

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 551 pages

File Size : 32,71 MB

Release : 2010-10-14

Category : Medical

ISBN : 1139491989

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The Essence of Analgesia and Analgesics is an invaluable practical resource for clinicians giving pain relief in any clinical setting, describing the pharmacologic principles and clinical use of all available pain medications. As well as detailed overviews of pain processing and analgesic theory, sections are dedicated to oral and panteral opioid analgesics, neuraxial opioids, NSAIDs, local anesthetics, anticonvulsant type analgesics, NMDA antagonists, alpha adrenergic analgesics, antidepressant analgesics, muscle relaxants, adjuvant medications, and new and emerging analgesics. The concise format of the chapters allows for quick and easy reading and assimilation of information. Enhanced by summary tables and figures, each chapter provides an overview of a particular drug, covering chemical structure, mode of activity, indications, contraindications, common doses and uses, advantages and disadvantages, and drug related adverse events. Key references are also provided. Edited by leading experts in pain management, this is essential reading for any clinician involved in pain management.



Variant

Author : Robison Wells

Publisher : Harper Collins

Page : 206 pages

File Size : 39,60 MB

Release : 2011-10-04

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 0062093517

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Benson Fisher thought that a scholarship to Maxfield Academy would be the ticket out of his dead-end life. He was wrong. Now he’s trapped in a school that’s surrounded by a razor-wire fence. A school where video cameras monitor his every move. Where there are no adults. Where the kids have split into groups in order to survive. Where breaking the rules equals death. But when Benson stumbles upon the school’s real secret, he realizes that playing by the rules could spell a fate worse than death, and that escape—his only real hope for survival—may be impossible.



Drug-Induced Headache

Author : Hans-Christoph Diener

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 174 pages

File Size : 37,23 MB

Release : 2012-12-06

Category : Medical

ISBN : 3642733271

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M. WILKINSON Patients with frequent or daily headaches pose a very difficult problem for the physician who has to treat them, particularly as many patients think that there should be a medicine or medicines which give them instant relief. In the search for the compound which would meet this very natural desire, many drugs have been manufactured and the temptation for the physician is either to increase the dose of a drug which seems to be, at any rate, partially effective, or to add one or more drugs to those which the patient is already taking. Although there have been some references to the dangers of overdosage of drugs for migraine in the past, it was not until relatively recently that it was recognized that drugs given for the relief of headache, if taken injudiciously, may themselves cause headache. The first drugs to be implicated in this way were ergotamine and phenazone. In the case of ergotamine tartrate, the dangers of ergotism were well known as this was a disorder which had been known and written about for many years. In the treatment of headache, fully blown ergotism is rare and in recent years has usually been due to self-medication in doses much greater than those prescribed although there are a few recorded cases where toxic amounts have been given.



Fundamentals of Anaesthesia

Author : Colin Pinnock

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 990 pages

File Size : 29,9 MB

Release : 2002-12

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9780521690799

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The second edition of Fundamentals of Anaesthesia builds upon the success of the first edition, and encapsulates the modern practice of anaesthesia in a single volume. Written and edited by a team of expert contributors, it provides a comprehensive but easily readable account of all of the information required by the FRCA Primary examination candidate and has been expanded to include more detail on all topics and to include new topics now covered in the examination. As with the previous edition, presentation of information is clear and concise, with the use of lists, tables, summary boxes and line illustrations where necessary to highlight important information and aid the understanding of complex topics. Great care has been taken to ensure an unrivalled consistency of style and presentation throughout.



The Veterinary Dental Patient: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Author : Jerzy Gawor

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 88 pages

File Size : 22,76 MB

Release : 2021-07-09

Category : Medical

ISBN : 1118974689

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Provides an interdisciplinary approach to the veterinary dental patient and offers guidance on all aspects of integrating dentistry into veterinary general practice The Veterinary Dental Patient: A Multidisciplinary Approach helps veterinarians understand the dental aspects of every canine and feline patient and shows them how to effectively manage their oral health. It also provides guidance to the rest of the veterinary team so they can offer a coordinated approach when recommending and performing veterinary dentistry as a regular part of general practice. Edited by two prominent veterinary dentists who are Board Certified in both Europe and the United States, the text includes the latest information on safe anesthetic and monitoring protocols, accurate diagnosis and management, and referring patients to specialists. Chapters cover: establishing a dental presence in general veterinary practice; nutrition, oral health, and feeding dental patients; local, regional, and systemic complications of dental diseases; pain management; ophthalmic considerations; common situations for malpractice and mistakes; oral and maxillofacial surgery; extraction techniques and equipment; drug dosages and more. The book also offers several helpful appendixes. The Veterinary Dental Patient: A Multidisciplinary Approach is an essential book for all vets in general small animal practice as well as the wider veterinary team, including managers, veterinary nurses and technicians, and administrative staff.