Section I: The Management of Acute Pain. Pain Assessment in Children. Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs. Opioid Agonists and Antagonists. Local Anesthetics. Adjuvant Analgesic Drugs. Intravenous Patient Controlled Analgesia. Epidural Analgesia.

Transition to Less Invasive Therapy. Peripheral Nerve Blockade. Section II: The Management of Chronic Pain and the "Difficult" Patient. Challenging Pain Problems. Headache. Recurrent Abdominal Pain. Neuropathic Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndromes. Terminal Illness.

Section III: Sedation for Painful and Non-Painful Procedures. Sedation for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures. Implementation of a Successful Sedation Policy. Sedation Documentation and Record Keeping. Sedatives, Hypnotics, Anxiolytics, And Amnestics. General Anesthetics. Fasting and Prophylaxis Guidelines. Monitoring and Vigilance Aids.

Recovery from Sedation. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Section IV: Special Sedation Situations. Sedation for Radiology and Radiation Therapy. Oncology Procedures. Pediatric Dental Practice. Fiberoptic Endoscopy. Diagnostic Evaluation of Congenital Heart Disease.

Sedation and Analgesia in the Emergency Department. Acute Pain Management Reimbursement: Issues, Options, And Strategies. Section V: Formulary. Section VI: Appendices.