Description
For more than 30 years, Practical Management of Pain has offered expert guidance to both clinicians and trainees, covering every aspect of acute and chronic pain medicine for adult and pediatric patients. The fully revised 6th Edition brings you fully up to date with new developments in patient evaluation, diagnosis of pain syndromes, rationales for management, treatment modalities, and much more. Edited by a team of renowned pain clinicians led by Dr. Honorio Benzon, this authoritative reference is a comprehensive, practical resource for pain diagnosis and treatment using a variety of pharmacologic and physical modalities.- Presents a wealth of information in a clearly written, easily accessible manner, enabling you to effectively assess and draw up an optimal treatment plan for patients with acute or chronic pain.- Takes a practical, multidisciplinary approach, making key concepts and techniques easier to apply to everyday practice.- Shares the knowledge and expertise of global contributors on all facets of pain management, from general principles to specific management techniques.- Discusses the latest, best management techniques, including joint injections, ultrasound-guided therapies, and new pharmacologic agents such as topical analgesics.- Covers recent global developments regarding opioid induced hyperalgesia, neuromodulation and pain management, and identification of specific targets for molecular based pain.- Includes current information on the use of cannabinoids in pain management and related regulatory, professional, and legal considerations.- Includes the latest guidelines on facet injections and safety of contrast agents.- Provides new, evidence-based critical analysis on treatment modality outcomes and the latest information on chronic pain as a result of surgical interventions.- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Table of Contents
1 The History of Pain Medicine2 Classification of Acute Pain and Chronic Pain Syndromes3 Organizing an Inpatient Acute Pain Service4 Interdisciplinary Outpatient Pain Care5 Healthcare Policy, Access, Resource Availability, Billing Reimbursement, and Legal Issues in Pain Management6 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in Pain Management7 Education and Training in Pain and Certification in Pain Medicine8 Neurophysiology of Pain: Peripheral, Spinal, Ascending, and Descending Pathways9 A Review of Pain-Processing Pharmacology10 Neuroimaging Techniques11 Individual Differences in the Experience and Treatment of Pain: Race, Ethnicity, Sex, and Gender12 COMMUNICATION AND CLINICAL RELATIONSHIPS TO IMPROVE CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PAIN13 Genetics in Pain and Pain Management14 Psychosocial and Psychiatric Aspects of Chronic Pain15 Comprehensive Approach to the Assessment of Patients Experiencing Pain and Its Impact16 Mechanism-Based Treatment and Precision Medicine17 Placebo and Nocebo Effects in Clinical Trials and Clinical Practice18 History and Physical Examination of the Patient with Pain19 Electrodiagnostic Techniques in Pain Medicine20 Radiologic Assessment of the Patient with Pain21 Biomarkers of Pain: Quantitative Sensory Testing, Conditioned Pain Modulation, Punch Skin Biopsy22 Psychological and Behavioral Assessment23 Disability Assessment 24 Preemptive Analgesia and Prevention of Chronic Pain Syndromes after Surgery24 Postoperative Pain25 Evaluation and Pharmacologic Treatment of Postoperative Pain26 Regional and Multimodal Treatments of Perioperative Pain27 Evaluation and Treatment of Postoperative Pain in Patients with Opioid Use Disorders28 Evaluation and Treatment of Acute Pain in Children29 Low Back Pain Disorders30 Buttock and Sciatica Pain31 Facet Pain: Pathogenesis, Facet Joint Injections, Medical Branch Blocks, Radiofrequency Rhizotomy32 Neurosurgical Management of Pain33 Evaluation and Treatment of Cancer-Related Pain34 Evaluation and Treatment of Neuropathic Pain Syndromes35 Evaluation and Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome36 Evaluation and Treatment of Pain in Selected Neurological Disorders37 Central Post-Stroke Pain37 Phantom Pain37 Spinal Cord Injury Pain37 Chronic Widespread Pain38 Headache: Migraine, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Tension-type, and Other Chronic Headaches39 Cervicogenic Headache, Postdural Puncture Headache, and Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension40 Orofacial Pain41 Visceral Pain42 Pelvic Pain43 Pediatric Chronic Pain Management44 Geriatric Pain Management45 Pain Management During Pregnancy and Lactation46 Rheumatologic Disorders47 Pain in Patients with Medical Comorbidities48 Major Opioids and Chronic Opioid Therapy49 Minor Analgesics50 The U.S.
