Pain Management - Hot Topics
By- Edgar Ross, MD, Director of Pain Management Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
This book provides concise, easily accessible, up-to-date information on pain management from one of the leading authorities in the field. The latest drug therapy is a key feature. Well written, with tables, charts, and graphs for easy access, this volume is sure to earn a spot in your coat pocket.
Audience
Primary care physicians, anesthesiologists, neurologists
Paperback, 464 Pages
Published: February 2004
Imprint: Hanley And Belfus Medical Publishers
ISBN: 978-1-56053-596-6
Contents
- Introduction
1. The Assessment of a Patient in Pain
2. Pharmaceuticals Used in Pain Management - Opiate Therapy for Non-Cancer Pain
3. Acute Pain Management
4. Overview of Chronic Pain Management
5. Which Patients Should be sent to Pain Management Centers
6. Peripheral neuropathy
7. RSD and Causalgia
8. Phantom limb pain
9. Myofascial pain
10. Fibromyalgia
11. The Management of Arthritis pain
12. Acute shingles pain and postherpetic neuralgia
13. Headache
14. Oralfacial pain
15. Chest wall pain
16. Spinal Pain
17. Chronic Abdominal pain
18. Pelvic pain
19. Genital pain syndromes
20. Upper and Lower Extremity Pain Syndromes
21. HIV/AIDS pain
22. Cancer pain
23. Palliative care
