Analgesics and Pain: Aims and objectives
10/03/01
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Analgesics: What is pain?
Analgesics
History of Pain : Milestones
200 AD to MIDDLE AGES
History of Pain: Opium
Ancient Civilisations to middle ages
History of Pain : Opium
Pain pathways
Opioids and ionisation : Theory
Update on opioid receptors
Opioid receptor mechanisms
Pathophysiology of acute clinical (surgical) pain
Mechanisms of peripheral and central sensitisation
Result of peripheral and central sensitisation
Clinical implications of peripheral and central sensitisation
The alkaloid content of opium
The structure and synthesis of Morphine
Problems with prescribing opioids
Opioids for postoperative pain: is there a problem?
Opioid mu agonists and high efficacy partial agonists : Problems
Administration of opioids for postoperative pain
Buprenorphine pharmacology
Buprenorphine profile
Spinal opioids: History
Spinal opioids: Toxicity
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Strategies for effective postoperative analgesia
Recording postoperative pain
Analgesic technique used for major abdominal surgery
Finding a solution to the control of postoperative pain
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