PAIN MEDICINE AND MANAGEMENT. JUST THE FACTS

A quick reference to the management of pain for specialists as well as general medical practitioners and residents. Written in a concise bulleted format, the content is limited to only the essential facts necessary for assessment and treatment of common pain conditions and presentations. A perfect review tool for both the anesthesia and pain medicine board exams.

• Concise Format
• Scope of coverage--covers the spectrum of considerations
• Expert authors and contributors, a who's who of pain medicine and management
• Provides readers with rapid access to essential information
• Specialists and generalists alike get information on all the major considerations of pain management, from patient to assessment to drug therapy to novel techniques in acute and chronic pain
• Readers get the best most credible information from the authorities they trust most

Table of Contents

I. Introduction Ch 1: Test Preparation and Planning
II. Basic Physiology
Ch 2: Nociceptive Pain
Ch 3: Neuropathic Pain
III. Evaluation of the Pain Patient
Ch 4: History and Physical Examination
Ch 5: Electromyography/Nerve Conduction Studies
Ch 6: Quantitative Sensory Testing
Ch 7: Bone Scan
Ch 8: Radiologic Evaluation
Ch 9: Psychological Evaluation
IV. Analgesic Pharmacology
Ch 10: Topical Agents
Ch 11: Acetaminophen/NSAIDS
Ch 12: Antidepressants
Ch 13: Anti-epileptic Drugs
Ch 14: Sodium/Calcium Channel Antagonists
Ch 15: Tramadol
Ch 16: Opioids
Ch 17: Muscle Relaxants and Miscellaneous
V. Acute Pain Management
Ch 18: Intravenous/Subcutaneous Patient Controlled Analgesia
Ch 19: Epidural Analgesia
Ch 20: Intrathecal Analgesia
Ch 21: Obstetrical Anaglesia
Ch 22: Intrapleural Analgesia
Ch 23: Peripheral Nerve Blocks and Continuous Catheters
VI. Regional Pain
Ch 24: Abdominal
Ch 25: Upper Extremity
Ch 26: Lower Extremity
Ch 27: Headaches
Ch 28: Low Back
Ch 29: Neck/Shoulder
Ch 30: Orofacial
Ch 31: Pelvic
Ch 32: Thoracic
VII. Chronic Pain Management
Ch 33: AIDS 'Related Pain Syndromes
Ch 34: Arthritis
Ch 35: Cancer Pain
Ch 36: Central Pain
Ch 37: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Ch 38: Geriatric Pain
Ch 39: Myofascial Pain/Fibromyalgia
Ch 40: Pediatric Pain
Ch 41: Peripheral Neuropathy
Ch 42: Post Surgical Pain Syndromes
Ch 43: Pregnancy and Chronic Pain
Ch 44: Sickle Cell Anemia
Ch 45: Spasticity
Ch 46: Substance Abuse
Ch 47: Psychological/psychiatric Therapies
VIII. Special Techniques in Pain Management
Ch 48: General Principles of Interventional Pain Therapies
Ch 49: Acupuncture
Ch 50: Botulinum Toxin Injection
Ch 51: Chemical Neurolysis
Ch 52: Complementary Medicine
Ch 53: Cryoneurolysis
Ch 54: Dorsal Column Nerve Stimulation
Ch 55: Epidural Steroid Injections
Ch 56: Facet Joint Blocks
Ch 57: Intravenous Drug Infusions
Ch 58: Neurosurgical Techniques
Ch 59: Radiofrequency Ablation
Ch 60: Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
Ch 61: Prolotherapy
Ch 62: Physical Therapy
Ch 63: Pyriformis Syndrome
Ch 64: Sacroiliac Joint Blocks
Ch 65: Spinal Drug Delivery
Ch 66: Sympathetic Blocks
Ch 67: Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
Ch 68: Discography/IDET
Ch 69: Nucleoplasty
Ch 70: Special Techniques
IX. Disability
Ch 71: Disability/impairment
Ch 72: Medical/legal evaluation