Handbook Of Pain Management: Clinical Companion To Textbook

Description:
The essential companion to the 'Textbook of Pain', this book provides the pain specialist and trainee with an easy-to-access overview on the management complexities, assessment tools and multiple treatment modalities that are currently available to the physician dealing with the full spectrum of pain syndromes. The emphasis throughout is on the clinical aspects of pain medicine. It contains the core information that the practitioner and trainee needs. Each chapter is brief and succinctly written, with key information provided in accessible tables and summary charts. The book is divided into two main sections: clinical states (acute, chronic and cancer pain) and therapeutic aspects (pharmacological, surgical, physiotherapy, psychotherapy) - and it presents a rational, multidisciplinary approach to the management of pain.

Table of Contents:
SECTION 1 - CLINICAL PAIN STATES Soft tissue, joints and bones Acute and postoperative pain Michael Cousins, Ian Power Osteoarthritis Paul Creamer Rheumatoid arthritis Malcolm I V Jayson Muscles, tendons and ligaments Dianne J Newham, Kerry R Mills Chronic back pain Donlin M Long Upper extremity pain Anders E Sola Fibromyalgia Robert M Bennett Deep and visceral pain Abdominal pain Laurence M Blendis Heart, vascular and haemopathic pain Paolo Procacci, Massimo Zoggi, Marco Maresca Chronic pelvic pain Andrea J Rapkin Obstetric pain John S McDonald Genitourinary pain Ursula Wesselmann, Arthur L Burnett Head Orofacial pain Yair Sharav Trigeminal, eye and ear pain Joanna M Zakrozwska Headache Jean Schoenen, Peter S Sandor Nerve and root damage Phantom pain and other phenomena after amputation Troels Scaehelin Jensen, Lone Nikolajsen Peripheral neuropathies J W Scadding Complex regional pain syndrome J W Scadding Nerve root disorders and arachnoiditis David Dubuisson Central nervous system Central pain Jorgen Boivie Spinal cord injury Aleksander Beric Pain and psychological medicine Harold Merskey SECTION 2 - THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES Pharmacology Antipyretic (non-narcotic) analgesics Kay Brune, Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer Psychotropic drugs Richard Monks, Harold Merskey Opioids Robert G Twycross Local anaesthetics and epidurals H J McQuay, RA Moore Atypical analgesic drugs and sympathetic blockers R Munglani, R G Hill Surgery Disc surgery Erik Spangfort Orthopaedic surgery Robert F McLain, James N Weinstein Central neurosurgery Jan M Gybels, Ron R Tasker Stimulation Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, vibration and acupuncture as pain-relieving measures Per Hansson, Thomas Lundeberg Spinal cord and brain stimulation Brian A Simpson Physical therapies Ultrasound, shortwave, microwave, laser, superficial heat and cold in the treatment of pain Justus F Lehmann, Barbara J de Lateur Mobilization, manipulation, massage and exercise for the relief of musculoskeletal pain Scott Haldeman, Paul D Hooper Psychological therapies The placebo and the placebo response Patrick D Wall Relaxation and biofeedback Barton A Jessup, Xochitl Gallegos Hypnosis Nicholas P Spanos, Sharon J Carmanico, Jacqueline A Ellis A cognitive-behavioral approach to pain management Dennis C Turk, Akiko Okifuji Behavioral therapy Francis J Keefe, John C Lefebvre Prevention of disability due to chronic musculoskeletal pain Steven James Linton SECTION 3 - SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT Age and sex difference Pain in children Charles B Berde, Bruce Masek Pain in the elderly Lucia Gagliese, Joel Katz, Ronald Melzack Sex and gender differences in pain Karen J Berkley, Anita Holdcroft Neuropathic and burn pain Peripheral neuropathic pain: an approach to management Howard L Fields, Ralf Baron, Michael C Rowbotham Pain of burns Manon Choiniere Cancer pain Cancer pain: principles of assessment and syndromes Nathan I Cherny, Russell K Portenoy Practical issues in the management of cancer pain Nathan I Cherny, Russell K Portenoy Cancer pain and palliative care in children Charles B Berde, John J Collins Cancer: psychiatric and ethical issues William Breithart, Steven D Passik, Barry D Rosenfeld Pain and impending death Cicely M Saunders, Michael Platt