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  • Pain and Analgesia
    • Understanding pain
    • Assessing a patient with pain
    • General principles of acute pain management
    • Nonpharmacological management of acute pain
    • Pharmacological management of acute pain
      • Using analgesics to manage acute pain
      • Safe use of opioids for acute pain
        • Using opioids in the community
        • Using opioids in hospital
        • Opioid dose titration in hospital
        • References
          • Key references: Using opioids in the community
          • Key references: Using opioids in hospital
          • Key references: Opioid dose titration in hospital
      • Mild, acute nociceptive pain
      • Alternative routes of administration if oral paracetamol or NSAIDs cannot be used
      • Moderate, acute nociceptive pain
      • Severe, acute nociceptive pain
      • Acute neuropathic pain
    • Pain management in specific populations
    • Procedural sedation and analgesia
    • The transition from acute to chronic pain
    • General principles of chronic pain management
    • Psychological techniques for managing pain
    • Physical activity and managing chronic pain
    • Social connection and chronic pain
    • The role of analgesics in chronic noncancer pain
    • Invasive procedures to manage chronic pain
    • Managing specific pain syndromes
    • Drugs used for pain

Key references: Opioid dose titration in hospital

  • Faculty of Pain Medicine, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) Statement on principles for identifying and preventing opioid-induced ventilatory impairment (OIVI). Melbourne: ANZCA; Accessed December 2018. http://www.anzca.edu.au/safety-advocacy/standards-of-practice/policies,-statements,-and-guidelines
  • Macintyre PE, Schug SA. Acute pain management: a practical guide. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press; 2014.
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