Description
Edited and written by seasoned authors and physicians in pain medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), this unique review tool is ideal for medical students, PM&R residents, pain fellows, and pain practitioners studying or working in the field and preparing to take the pain medicine exam. Series editors Drs. Blessen C. Eapen and David X. Cifu ensure that Pain Medicine: Board Review offers focused, high-yield content specific to physiatrists who seek subspecialty certification or to improve clinical care and assessment in practice, with authoritative, up-to-date coverage of pain assessment and psychology; methods of treatment; tissue pain, visceral pain, headache and facial pain, and nerve damage; pain management in special populations; and more.- Supports self-assessment and review with approximately 200 board-style questions and explanations- Includes questions on patient management, including patient evaluation and diagnosis, prognosis/risk factors, and applied science- Discusses key topics such as sex and gender issues in pain; opioids, antidepressants and anticonvulsants; interventional pain management; pain in pregnancy and labor; neuropathic pain; pain relief in persons with substance use and addictive disorders: and others- Ensures efficient, effective review with content written by experts in physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, and psychiatry, and a format that mirrors the board exam outline- Contains references to primary literature that support the answers provided- Brain Injury Medicine: Board Review [9780323653855]Spinal Cord Injury: Board Review [9780323833899]
Table of Contents
Section 1: General1 Anatomy and Physiology: Mechanisms of Nociceptive Transmission2 Pharmacology of Pain Transmission and Modulation3 Embryologic Development of Pain Systems4 Designing, Reporting, and Interpreting Clinical Research Studies About Treatments for Pain: Evidence‑Based Medicine5 Public Health Aspects of Pain Medicine and Legal/Regulatory Environment6 Ethical Standards in Pain Management and ResearchSection 2: Assessment and Psychology of Pain7 Clinical Evaluation of Pain8 Placebo and Pain9 Clinical Nerve Function Studies and Imaging10 Psychosocial and Cultural Aspects of Pain11 Sex and Gender Issues in PainSection 3: Treatment of Pain – Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Adverse Effects, Drug Interactions, and Indications/Contraindications12 Opioid Pharmacology13 Antipyretic Analgesics: Nonsteroidals, Acetaminophen, and Phenazone Derivatives14 Antidepressants and Anticonvulsants15 Miscellaneous Agents: Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Adverse Effects, Drug Interactions, Indications/ContraindicationsSection 4: Treatment of Pain – Other Methods16 Psychological Treatments: Cognitive Behavioral and Behavioral Interventions17 Psychiatric Treatment18 Stimulation‑Produced Analgesia19 Interventional Pain Management Including Nerve Blocks and Lesioning20 Surgical Pain Management21 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Modalities and Treatment22 Work Rehabilitation and Management of Return to Work23 Complementary and Alternative MedicineSection 5: Clinical States – Taxonomy24 Taxonomy of Pain SystemsSection 6: Tissue Pain25 Acute Pain26 Cervical Radicular Pain27 Neck Pain28 Lumbar Radicular Pain29 Low Back Pain30 Musculoskeletal Pain31 Muscle and Myofascial PainSection 7: Visceral Pain32 Visceral Pain Anatomy and Pain Modulation33 Visceral Pain—Classification and Management34 Pain in Pregnancy and PeripartumSection 8: Headache and Facial Pain35 Headache36 Orofacial Pain: Anatomy, Diagnosis, and ManagementSection 9: Nerve Damage37 Neuropathic Pain38 Complex Regional Pain SyndromeSection 10: Special Cases39 Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents40 Pain in Older Adults41 Pain Issues in Individuals with Limited Ability to Communicate Due to Neurocognitive Impairments42 Chronic Pain and Addiction43 Pain Relief in Areas of Deprivation and Conflict
