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Nerve Blocks in Palliative Care

by Fiona Hicks, Karen H. Simpson
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This book is a succinct, practical, clinically-based guide to nerve blocking techniques that are available in current practice. A nerve block is the injection of either a local anesthetic or a drug that inactivates nerves to control otherwise uncontrollable pain. Nerve blocks can be used to determine the source of pain, to treat painful conditions that respond to nerve blocks, to predict how the pain will respond to long-term treatments, and to prevent pain following procedures.

Synopsis

This book is a succinct, practical, clinically-based guide to nerve blocking techniques that are available in current practice. A nerve block is the injection of either a local anesthetic or a drug that inactivates nerves to control otherwise uncontrollable pain. Nerve blocks can be used to determine the source of pain, to treat painful conditions that respond to nerve blocks, to predict how the pain will respond to long-term treatments, and to prevent pain following procedures.

About the Author, Fiona Hicks

Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust

Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust

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Book Details

Published
November 1, 2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Pages
148
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780198527039

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