Preoperative Optimization of the Chronic Pain Patient: Enhanced Recovery Before Surgery

by Lynda Welton Freeman, Beth Darnall, Heath B McAnally

The literature increasingly supports the position that elective surgery on poorly prepared chronic pain patients is not smart and ultimately in no-one's best interest. Just as patients with ischemic heart disease, obstructive lung disease, or diabetes can and need to be optimized prior to surgery, so too should chronic pain patients. The complex dynamics of chronic pain require a priori intervention - targeting enhanced recovery before surgery.

Preoperative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190920149
• ISBN13: 9780190920142
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"