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CHURCHILL'S POCKETBOOK OF PAIN
Churchill's Pocketbook of Pain
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Second Edition

By
Catherine Stannard, FRCA, Consultant in Pain Management and Anaesthesia, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK
Sara Booth, FFARCSI, Health Services Fellow and Consultant, Physician in Palliative Medicine (Research), Sir Michael Sobell House, Oxford, UK

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Description
This pocket-sized book is an excellent accessible, portable source of guidance on the principles and practices of pain management. The new edition features a new focus on chronic pain, incorporates all of the newest pain medications, reflects our latest understanding of pain physiology, and presents entirely new sections covering functional imaging and the use of strong opioid medications for the relief of non-cancer pain.

Audience
Residents in Anesthesia, Surgery.

Contents


I. Principles of Pain Management


1. Anatomy and Physiology of Pain

2. Imaging

3. Clinical Pharmacology

4. The Opioids

5. Opioids and Non-Cancer Pain

6. Non-Opioid Analgesic

7. Local Anaesthetics

8. Antidepressants and Anticonvulsants

9. Miscellaneous Drugs Used in Pain Control

10. Neurostimulation

11. Assessment of the Patient in Pain





II. Pain of Cancer and Advanced HIV Disease


12. Cancer Pain

13. Pain and Advanced HIV Disease



III. Chronic Pain Syndromes


14. Back and Neck Pain

15. Muscular Pain

16. Scar Pain

17. Neuropathic and Central Pain

18. Facial Pain

19. Chronic Pelvic Pain



IV. Psychology and Pain


20. Psychology and Pain


Bibliographic details
Paperback, 384 pages, publication date: SEP-2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-07424-0
ISBN-10: 0-443-07424-0
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE


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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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