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PAIN MANAGEMENT SECRETS
Pain Management Secrets
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Second Edition

By
Ronald Kanner, MD, Chairman, Department of Neurology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park; Professor of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

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Description
The new edition of this popular volume updates and expands the first edition. The content is organized by classification, mechanisms, clinical approach, syndromes defined by pain, syndromes in which pain is a component, and management by all current modalities and specialties. New chapters include High-Tech Intervention, Pain Management in the Terminally Ill Patient, and the Difficult Patient. Perfect for exam preparation, and a valuable clinical reference.

Audience
Neurologists, Anesthesiologists, Psychiatrists, Neurosurgeons, Physiatrists, Nurses

Contents
Overview
1. Definitions
2. Classification of Pain
3. Basic Mechanisms

II Clinical Approach
4. History Taking in the Patient with Pain
5. Physical Examination of the Patient in Pain
6. Pain Measurement
7. Psychological Assessment of Chronic Pain Patients

III Clinical Syndromes Defined by Pain
8. Tension-Type Headache
9. Migraine
10. Cluster Headache
11. The Paroxysmal Hemicranias
12. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
13. Brain Tumor Headaches
14. Increased and Decreased Intracranial Pressure
15. Temporal (Giant Cell) Arteritis
16. Headaches Associated with Systemic Disease
17. Trigeminal Neuralgia
18. Glossopharyngeal and Other Facial Neuralgias
19. Low Back Pain
20. Neck and Arm Pain
21. Abdominal Pain
22. Chronic Pelvic Pain
23. Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain

IV Syndromes in which Pain Is a Significant Component
24. Postoperative Pain Management
25. Cancer Pain Syndromes
26. Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis
27. Neuropathic Pain

V Psychological Syndromes
28. Psychological Syndromes

VI Special Patient Populations
29. Pain in Children
30. Pain in the Elderly

VII Pharmacologic Management
31. Nonsteroidal Anti- Inflammatory Drugs
32. Opioid Analgesics
33. Addiction and Pain Management
34. Regulatory Issues
35. Adjuvant Analgesics

VIII Nonpharmacologic Management
36. Temporary Neural Blockade
37. Permanent Neural Blockade and Chemical Ablation
38. Sympathetic Neural Blockade
39. Intraspinal Opioids
40. Neurostimulatory and Neuroablative Procedures
41. Psychological Constructs and Treatment Interventions
42. Physiatric Modalities in Pain Management
43. Pain Clinics

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 317 pages, publication date: OCT-2002
ISBN-13: 978-1-56053-425-9
ISBN-10: 1-56053-425-7
Imprint: HANLEY AND BELFUS MEDICAL PUBLISHERS


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