Full Description
The Third Edition of this highly popular pocket guide presents the state-of-the-art approaches to pain management that are currently taught and practiced at the Massachusetts General Hospital. This edition has new chapters on chronic back pain, pain control in children with chronic and terminal disease, and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, plus new illustrations of procedures and techniques. All chapters include the latest evidence-based information and coverage of fibromyalgia, psychosomatic complaints, headaches, and opioid cautions has been expanded.Tables and chapter-opening outlines enable readers to find information quickly. A drug appendix and seven other practical appendices are included.Subscribe to Lippincott's Interactive Anesthesia Library and get online access to the fully searchable content of eight critically acclaimed references in anesthesiology, critical care, and pain management.
Contents
Section I. General ConsiderationsNeurophysiological Basis of PainGary J. BrennerPain Mechanisms and Their Importance in Clinical Practice and ResearchIsabelle Decosterd and Clifford J. WoolfThe Placebo EffectEija KalsoSection II. Diagnosis of PainThe History and Clinical ExaminationJan Slezak and Asteghik HacobianDiagnostic Imaging and Pain ManagementOnassis CanerisAssessment of PainAlyssa LeBelNeurophysiologic Testing in Pain ManagementAnnabel Edwards and Lisa KrivickasSection III. Therapeutic Options: Pharmacologic ApproachesNonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory DrugsSteven BarnaOpioidsJeffrey UppingtonAdjuvant TreatmentsKarla HayesPsychopharmacology for the Pain SpecialistDaniel Rockers and Karla HayesSection IV. Therapeutic Options: Nonpharmacologic ApproachesDiagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures in Pain ManagementMilan StojanovicNeuromodulation Techniques for the Treatment of PainMilan StojanovicNeurosurgical Pain ManagementRamin Amirnovin, G. Rees Cosgrove, and Emad EskandarPsychological Assessment and Behavioral Treatment of Chronic PainRonald J. Kulich and Lainie AndrewPhysical TherapyTeresa Michel and Harriet WittinkPhysical Medicine in the Treatment of PainJoseph AudetteAcupunctureMay Pian-SmithChronic Pain RehabilitationElizabeth Loder and Pat McAlaryRadiotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals for Cancer PainThomas F. DeLaneySection V. Acute PainPostoperative Pain in AdultsKatharine Fleischmann and Elizabeth RyderPostoperative Pain in ChildrenLucy ChenPain in Burn PatientsSalahadin AbdiPain Management in Sickle Cell DiseaseJatinder GillSection VI. Chronic PainNeuropathic Pain SyndromesDennis Dey and Anne Louise OaklanderComplex Regional Pain SyndromeDaniela HordBack & Neck Pain (Diagnosis)Shihab Ahmed and James RathmellBack Pain (Management)Zahid Bajwa and Thomas SimopoulosHeadacheMike Cutrer and David BlackFacial PainMartin Acquadro and Alexandre DeSilvaOpioid Therapy in CNTPJane Ballantyne and Jianren MaoPain in Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeAndrew RiceSection VII. Pain Due to CancerPain in Adults with CancerDaniela Hord and Annabel EdwardsControl of Pain in Children with Chronic and Terminal DiseaseAlyssa LeBel and Karla HayesPalliative MedicineJ Andrew BillingsSection VIII. Special SituationsChronic Opioid Therapy, Drug Abuse and AddictionJane Ballantyne and David GastfriendPain and Affective DisordersDan Rockers and Scott FishmanEmergencies in the Pain ClinicAsi Hacobian and Milan StojanovicDrug AppendixDel Black and Gary Brenner
