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Wall & Melzack's Textbook of Pain

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  • Stephen McMahon, FMedSci, Sherrington Professor of Physiology, Director, Centre for Neuroscience Research, King's College London, UK
  • Martin Koltzenburg, MD FRCP, Hononary Consultant, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Professor of Pain Research, Institute of Child Health/Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK
  • Irene Tracey, DPhil, Nuffield Professor Anaesthetic Science & Director, Oxford Centre for FMRI of Brain, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences; Head, Nuffield Division Anaesthetics, FMRIB Centre, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • Dennis C. Turk, PhD, John and Emma Bonica Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Research, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

Apply the latest scientific and clinical advances with Wall & Melzack's Textbook of Pain, 6th Edition. Drs. Stephen McMahon, Martin Koltzenburg, Irene Tracey, and Dennis C. Turk, along with more than 125 other leading authorities, present all of the latest knowledge about the genetics, neurophysiology, psychology, and assessment of every type of pain syndrome. They also provide practical guidance on the full range of today's pharmacologic, interventional, electrostimulative, physiotherapeutic, and psychological management options.

Hardbound, 1504 Pages

Published: April 2013

Imprint: Saunders

ISBN: 978-0-7020-4059-7

Contents

  • NEUROBIOLOGY OF PAIN

    Peripheral Mechanisms of Cutaneous Nociception

    Molecular Biology of Sensory Transduction

    Inflammatory Mediators and Modulators of Pain

    Microglia: Critical Mediators of Pain Hypersensitivity After Peripheral Nerve Injury

    Neuroanatomical Substrates of Spinal Nociception

    Spinal Plasticity and Pain

    Representation of Pain in the Brain

    Central Nervous System Mechanisms of Pain Modulation

    Development of Pain Pathways and Mechanisms

    Genetics of Pain

    Animal Models of Pain

    Ascending Projection Systems

    Autonomic, Endocrine, and Immune Interactions in Acute and Chronic Pain

    Itch

    ASSESSMENT AND PSYCHOLOGY OF PAIN

    Gender Differences in Pain and Its Relief

    Epidemiology of Pain

    Emotion, Motivation, and Pain

    Cognitive and Learning Aspects

    Psychiatric Pain-Associated Comorbidities

    Studies of Pain in Human Subjects

    Pain Measurement in Adult Patients

    Pain in Older Persons

    Pain Assessment in Children

    Assessment of Pain Beliefs, Coping and Function

    Hypnotic Analgesia

    Addiction to Opioids for Treatment of Pain

    Placebo Analgesia

    PHARMACOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF PAIN

    Spinal Pharmacology of Nociceptive Transmission

    Methods of Therapeutic Trials

    Opioids: Basic Mechanisms

    Opioids: Clinical Use

    Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors: Basic Aspects

    Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors: Clinical Use

    Antidepressants: Clinical

    Anticonvulsants: Basic

    Anticonvulsants: Clinical

    Local Anaesthetic Blocks and Epidurals

    Cannabinoids

    Analgesic Drugs in Development

    Neurosurgical Approaches to the Treatment of Pain

    Spinal Cord and Brain Stimulation

    The Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to Pain Management

    A Critical Appraisal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

    CLINICAL STATES: DEEP SOMATIC TISSUE

    Joint Pain: Basic Mechanisms

    Basic Mechanisms of Muscle Pain

    Postoperative Pain and Its Management

    Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Fibromyalgia Syndrome and Myofascial Pain Syndrome

    Low Back Pain

    Non-Specific Arm Pain

    CLINICAL STATES: VISCERA

    Visceral Pain: Basic Mechanisms

    Thoracic Pain

    Abdominal Pain

    Genitourinary Pain

    Obstetric Pain

    CLINICAL STATES: HEADACHE AND FACIAL PAIN

    Trigeminal Mechanisms of Nociception

    Acute and Chronic Orofacial/Dental Pain

    Migraine and the Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias

    Tension-Type Headache

    Eye-related Pain

    CLINICAL STATES: NEUROPATHIC PAIN

    Nerve Response to Injury

    Animal Models of Experimental Neuropathic Pain

    Central Consequences of Peripheral Nerve Damage

    Phantom Limb

    Painful Peripheral Neuropathies

    Trigeminal and Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia

    Complex Regional Pain Syndromes

    Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury

    Central Pain

    Pharmacologic Therapy of Neuropathic Pain

    Surgery for Back and Neck Pain (including radiculopathies)

    CLINICAL STATES: CANCER PAIN

    Cancer Pain: Causes, Consequences, and Therapeutic Opportunities

    Cancer Pain Assessment and Syndromes

    Cancer Pain in Children: Analgesic Therapy and Palliative Care

    Cancer Pain: Treatment Overview

    Pain Control in the Care of the Dying

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