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Fourth Edition
By
Honorio Benzon, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, Northwestern University Medical School; Chief, Division of Pain Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
James Rathmell, MD, Director, Center for Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Christopher Wu, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
Dennis Turk, John and Emma Bonica Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Charles Argoff, MD, Professor of Neurology, Albany Medical College; Director, Comprehensive Pain Program, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA
Description
Get the core knowledge in pain medicine you need from one of the most trusted resources in the field. The new fourth edition guides you
through every aspect of pain medicine with concise descriptions of evaluation, diagnosis of pain syndromes, rationales for management,
treatment modalities, and much more. From commonly seen pain syndromes, including headaches, trunk pain, orofacial pain, back pain, and
extremity pain?through specific pain management challenges such as postoperative pain, pain due to cancer, phantom pain, and pain in
the management of AIDS patients?this popular text will equip you with the know-how you need to effectively manage even your most challenging
cases.
Audience
Pain Specialists and Anesthesiologists.
Contents
Part I: General Considerations
(H.T. Benzon and J. Rathmell, editors)
1. The History of Pain Medicine, Winston
C.V. Parris and Benjamin Johnson
2. Taxonomy and Classification of Chronic Pain Syndromes, Harold Merskey
3. Organizing
an Inpatient Acute Pain Management Service, Beth M. Minzter and Alex Cahana
4. Pain Medicine Practice: Development of Outpatient
Services for Chronic Pain, David Walega
5. Health Care Policy, Quality Improvement, and Patient Safety in Pain Medicine Practice,
Douglas G. Merrill
6. Education, Training, and Certification in Pain Medicine, James P. Rathmell and David L. Brown
Part
II. Basic Considerations
(D. Turk and C. Argoff, editors)
7. Pain Pathways: Peripheral, Spinal, Ascending, and Descending
Pathways, Karin N. Westlund High
8. A Review of Pain-Processing Pharmacology, Tony L. Yaksh
9. Pain and Brain Changes,
A.V. Apkarian
Part III. Evaluation and Assessment
(C. Argoff and J. Rathmell, editors)
10. History and
Physical Examination of the Pain Patient, Irfan Lalani and Charles E. Argoff
11. Electromyography and Evoked Potentials, Bernard
M. Abrams and Howard J. Waldman
12. Radiologic Assessment of the Patient with Spine Pain, Timothy P. Maus
13. Psychological
and Behavioral Assessment, Alicia Heapy and Robert D. Kerns
Part IV. Clinical Conditions
(H.T. Benzon and C.
Wu, editors)
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 1344 pages, publication date: MAR-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-04184-3
ISBN-10: 0-323-04184-1
Imprint: MOSBY
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Last update: 28 Oct 2009
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