Pain management secrets.
Argoff, Charles E.
McCleane, Gary.
Philadelphia, Pa. : Mosby/Elsevier,
c2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I: Overview: Definitions -- Classification of pain -- Basic mechanisms -- Topiceuticals -- II: Clinical approach:  History taking in the patient with pain -- Physical examination of the patient with pain -- Pain measurement --  Psychological assessment of chronic patients -- III: Clinical syndromes defined by pain:  Neuroimaging in the patient with pain -- Tension-type headache -- Migraine -- Cluster headache --  The paroxysmal hemicranias --  Subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Brain tumor headaches -- Increased and decreased intracranial pressure --  Temporal giant cell arteritis -- Headaches associated with systemic disease -- Trigeminal neuralgia --  Glossopharyngeal and other facial neuralgias -- Low back pain -- Neck and arm pain -- Abdominal pain -- Chronic pelvic pain -- Fibromyalgia and myofascial pain -- IV: Syndromes in which pain is a significant component:  Postoperative pain management -- Cancer pain syndrome  -- Pain in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis --  Neuropathic pain -- V: Psychological syndromes: Psychological syndromes -- VI. Special patient populations:  Pain in children -- Pain in the older patient --  VII: Pharmacologic management: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs --  Opioid analgesics -- Addiction and pain management -- Regulatory issues -- Adjuvant analgesics -- VIII: Nonpharmologic management: Temporary neural blockade -- Permanent neural blockade and chemical ablation -- Sympathetic neural blockade -- Intraspinal opioids -- Neurostimulatory and neuorablative procedures --  Psychological constructs and treatment interventions -- Physiatric modalities in pain management --  Physical modalities: adjunctive treatments to reduce pain and maximize function -- Pain clinics -- Interventional pain management -- Complementary and alternative medicine.
Pain
Analgesia