The problem of acute pain
Standards, guidelines, practice statements, and the Joint Commission Standard for Acute Pain Management
The art and science of pain assessment
Assessment tools for acute pain
Assessing pain in specialty populations
Medication management with nonopioid medications
Opioids analgesics
Coanalgesics for additive pain relief
The effect of opioid polymorphisms and patient response to medications
Complementary and integrative therapies for pain management
Perioperative pain management
Patient-controlled analgesia
Epidural analgesia
Regional techniques for postoperative pain relief
Chronic pain patients with acute pain
Sickle disease
Patients with active use or a history of substance abuse
Abdominal pain
Emergency room, trauma, and critical care patients with pain.