Chronic Pain and Practical Applications and Procedures 2-Volume Set

by Jensen, Troels S.; Wilson, Peter R.; Rice, Andrew S. C.; Breivik, Harald; Campbell, William; Eccleston, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780340731543
• ISBN10: 0340731540
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-17
• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers

Summary

Clinical Pain Management is a major new clinical reference work. Comprised of four volumes - Acute Pain, Chronic Pain, Cancer Pain and Practical Applications and Procedures - it is a comprehensive textbook for trainee and practising specialists in pain management and related areas,presenting these individuals with all they need to know to provide a successful pain management service. This set includes one clinical volume that deal with chronic pain - from the basic mechanisms underlying the development of pain, to the various treatments that can be applied in different clinical situations. A second volume, Practical Applications and Procedures, complements providing helpfuladvice on practical aspects of clinical management and research, including protocols and established clinical guidelines: in effect, it is a 'ready-reference manual' for the busy clinician. Clinical Pain Management is... *An 'all-encompassing' clinical guide to this growing specialty * Authoritative - being written by acknowledged international experts * Based on the curriculum of the International Association for the Study of Pain, ensuring worldwide applicability and relevance * Convenient and practical, incorporating both evidence scoring and extensive reference annotation throughout * Available to purchase as a four-volume set or in three separate two-volume sets - suitable for both clinicians interested in all aspects of pain medicine and those with more specific interests

Table of Contents

Chronic Pain

Basic Considerations

The challenges of pain and suffering

Epidemiology of chronic pain

Pain in society: ethical perspectives

Chronic pain, impairment and disability

History and physical examination

Clinical assessment of patients with chronic pain

Psychological effects of chronic pain and their assessment

Assessment of neuropathic pain

Diagnostic procedures in chronic pain

Outcome measurement in chronic pain

Organization and facilities for chronic pain clinics: a UK perspective

Comprehensive pain rehabilitation programmes: a north American perspective

Medicolegal aspects of chronic pain

Applied physiology of neuropathic pain: experimental models and their application in studying mechanisms and treatments

Management

Therapies

Oral opioids and chronic non-cancer pain

Topical analgesics for chronic pain

The use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and acetominophen (paracetamol) in chronic pain

Antidepressants and chronic pain

Anticonvulsants and antiarrhythmics

Novel agents and chronic pain

Placebo: friend or foe?

Neuroaugmentative techniques for chronic pain

Neurosurgical techniques for chronic pain

The role of physical therapy in chronic pain

Cognitive behaviour therapy for chronic pain in adults

Alternative and complementary therapies

Management

Clinical Situations

Pain in neurological disease

Peripheral neuropathies

Complex regional pain syndromes

Central pain syndromes

Post-surgical pain syndromes

Post-amputation pain

Acute herpes zoster pain

Post-herpetic neuralgia

Management of painful spasticity

Headache

Facial pain

Neck pain and whiplash

Chronic back pain

Chronic joint pain

Chronic chest pain

Chronic abdominal groin and perineal pain of visceral origin

Chronic pelvic pain

Myofascial pain and fibromyalgia: mechanisms to management

Other psychiatric diagnoses and chronic pain

Chronic pain in children

Chronic pain in the elderly

Practical Applications and Procedures

Principles of Measurement and Diagnosis

Selecting and applying pain measures

Practical methods for pain intensity measurements

Sensory testing and clinical neurophysiology

Pharmacological diagnostic tests

Nerve blocks in pain diagnosis

Pharmacological Therapies

Opioid analgesics

Treatment protocols for opioids in chronic non-malignant pain

Subcutaneous drug infusions for the control of cancer painantidepressants, antiepileptics and antiarrhythmic drugs

Psychological Techniques

Hypnosis, biofeedback and applied psychophysiological regulation skills training for children in pain

Self-regulation skills training for adults including relaxation

Biofeedback

Attentional regulation for adults with chronic pain

Graded exposure for pain-related fear

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Protocols

Physiotherapy

Manual medicine

Interventions Peripheral nerve blocks: practical aspects

Sympathetic blocks

Neurolytic blocks Intra-articular injections

Facet (Zygapophyseal) joint injections and medial branch blocks

Botulinum toxin injections

Long-term intrathecal and intracisternal treatment of malignant and non-malignant pain using external pumps

Long term epidural treatment of refractory malignant and non-malignant pain using internal and external pumps

Cryoanalgesia

Radiofrequency lesioning

Stimulation Analgesia

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Acupuncture

Spinal cord stimulation

Patient Controlled Analgesia

Intravenous and subcutaneous PCA: practical points and protocols

Alternative PCA techniques

Epidural and Spinal Analgesia: Protocols and charts

Epidural analgesia for acute pain including PCEA

Epidural steroid injections for back pain and sciatica

Pediatric Techniques

Procedures for pediatric pain management

Clinical Trials

Clinical trials: acute and chronic pain

Clinical trials: dental pain

Clinical trials: cancer pain

Clinical experimental pharmacological protocols: how to evaluate the use of a new drug

Techniques of systematic reviews and meta-analysis in pain research

Other Issues

The expert medico-le

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