Full Description
Clinical Pain Management takes a practical, interdisciplinary approach to the assessment and management of pain. Concise template chapters serve as a quick reference to physicians, anesthetists and neurologists, as well as other specialists, generalists, and trainees managing pain. Based on the International Association for the Study of Pain s clinical curriculum on the topic, this reference provides to-the-point best-practice guidance in an easy-to-follow layout including tables, bullets, algorithms and guidelines.
Contents
List of contributors. Foreword (Ronald Melzack). Part 1 Basic Understanding of Pain Medicine. 1 The challenge of pain: a multidimensional phenomenon (Mary Lynch, Kenneth D. Craig & Philip W.H. Peng). 2 Epidemiology and economics of chronic and recurrent pain (Dennis C. Turk & Brian R. Theodore). 3 Basic mechanisms and pathophysiology (Daniel J. Cavanaugh & Allan I. Basbaum). 4 Psychosocial perspectives on chronic pain (Kenneth D. Craig & Judith Versloot). 5 Identifi cation of risk and protective factors in the transition from acute to chronic post surgical pain (Joel Katz & M. Gabrielle Page). 6 Placebo/nocebo: a two-sided coin in the clinician's hand (Antonella Pollo & Fabrizio Benedetti). Part 2 Assessment of Pain. 7 Clinical assessment in adult patients (Christine Short & Mary Lynch). 8 Measurement and assessment of pain in pediatric patients (Jennifer N. Stinson & Patrick J. McGrath). 9 Laboratory investigations, imaging and neurological assessment in pain management (Pam Squire, David Walk, Gordon Irving & Misha Backonja). 10 Psychological assessment of persons with chronic pain (Robert N. Jamison & Kenneth D. Craig). Part 3 Management. 11 Introduction to management (Mary Lynch). 12 Managing chronic pain in primary care (Blair H. Smith, Alexander J. Clark & Beverly Collett). Part 4 Pharmacotherapy. 13 Nutrition and pain management: dietary soy as an analgesic modality (Alexis Codrington, Stephanie Chevalier & Yoram Shir). 14 Antidepressant analgesics in the management of chronic pain (C. Peter N. Watson). 15 Anticonvulsants in the management of chronic pain (Nanna Brix Finnerup, Cathrine Baastrup & Troels Staehelin Jensen). 16 Opioids (Dawn A. Sparks & Gilbert J. Fanciullo). 17 Topical analgesics (Jana Sawynok). 18 Other pharmacological agents (Philip W.H. Peng & Mary Lynch). Part 5 Interventional. 19 Diagnostic and therapeutic blocks (Boris Spektor, Padma Gulur & James P. Rathmell). 20 Neuromodulation therapy (Krishna Kumar & Sharon Bishop). 21 Neurosurgical management of pain (Diaa Bahgat, Ashwin Viswanathan & Kim J. Burchiel). Part 6 Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation. 22 Physical therapy and rehabilitation (Maureen J. Simmonds & Timothy Wideman). Part 7 Psychological. 23 Pain self-management: theory and process for clinicians (Michael McGillion, Sandra M. LeFort, Karen Webber & Jennifer N. Stinson). 24 Psychological interventions: cognitive behavioral and stress management approaches (Heather D. Hadjistavropoulos, Amanda C. de C. Williams & Kenneth D. Craig). 25 Pain catastrophizing and fear of movement: detection and intervention (Michael J.L. Sullivan & Timothy H. Wideman). Part 8 Complementary Therapies. 26 Complementary and alternative medicines (Mark A. Ware). Part 9 Specifi c Clinical States. 27 Chronic low back pain (Eugene J. Carragee & Don Young Park). 28 Fibromyalgia syndrome and myofascial pain syndromes (Winfried Hauser, Marcus Schiltenwolf & Peter Henningsen). 29 Clinical pain management in the rheumatic diseases (Mary-Ann Fitzcharles). 30 Headache (Stephen D. Silberstein). 31 Orofacial pain (Barry J. Sessle, Lene Baad-Hansen & Peter Svensson). 32 Visceral pain (Klaus Bielefeldt & Gerald F. Gebhart). 33 Pelvic and urogenital pain (Anjali Martinez & Fred M. Howard). 34 Neuropathic pain (Maija Haanpaa & Rolf-Detlef Treede). 35 Complex regional pain syndrome (Michael Stanton-Hicks). 36 Cancer pain management (David Hui & Eduardo Bruera). Part 10 Special Populations. 37 Pain in older persons: a brief clinical guide (Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Stephen Gibson & Perry G. Fine). 38 Pain in children (Tonya M. Palermo, Jeffrey L. Koh & Lonnie K. Zeltzer). 39 Pain in individuals with intellectual disabilities (Tim F. Oberlander, Chantel C. Burkitt & Frank J. Symons). 40 Pain and addiction (Roman D. Jovey). 41 Pain and psychiatric illness (Harold Merskey). Subject index.
