Handbook of Pain Management (Paperback)

This book provides an authoritative exposition of the management protocols of common benign and malignant pain states. It focuses on clinical practice protocols rather than experimental data study. The presentation is illustrated with suitable diagrams, photographs, tables and flowcharts.

The book is organized into five sections:
General Principles of Pain Management
This section highlights the examination and evaluation of a patient in the clinic as well as the pharmacology of drugs used in pain management.

Chronic Pain Syndromes
The section describes the pathophysiology and possible treatment modalities of chronic pain syndromes.

Cancer Pain
This section features most types of cancer pain conditions and discusses terminal cancer in considerable detail.

Advanced Interventional Pain Management
The section presents an in-depth exposition of advanced techniques like spinal cord stimulation, radio-frequency ablation and intrathecal drug delivery systems. The advantages and disadvantages of each technique have been highlighted.

Management of Spasticity
This section is unique to this book and it discusses the non-surgical management of spastic patients.

Appendices at the end of the book feature definition of commonly used terms, equipment and important pain websites.

This handbook would serve as an extremely valuable tool for all trainees and practitioners involved in pain management including anesthesiologists, surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, neurologists, physicians and rehabilitation experts.

Table of Contents
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF PAIN MANAGEMENT
1 Evaluation of the Pain Patient
2 Pain Measurement and Assessment
3 Radiography and Imaging in Pain Medicine
4 Pharmacotherapeutics (Drugs) in Pain Management
5 Neurolytic Agents
CHRONIC PAIN SYNDROMES
6 Myofascial Pain Syndromes
7 Headache
8 Neck and Shoulder Pain
9 Back Pain
10 Knee Pain
11 Neuropathic Pain: Mechanisms and Management
12 Herpetic Neuralgia
13 Orofacial Pain
14 Scar NeuralgiaPainful Scars
15 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
16 Pelvic Pain
17 Perineal Pain
18 Peripheral Vascular Diseases
CANCER PAIN
19 Cancer Pain
20 Cancer Pain Management
ADVANCED INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT
21 Advanced Interventional Pain Management Modalities
22 Spinal Cord Stimulation for Management of Chronic Intractable Pain
23. Continuous Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems for Cancer and Nonmalignant Pain
24. Radiofrequency Ablation in Pain Management
MANAGEMENT OF SPASTTCITY
25. Management of Spasticity
APPENDICES
Appendix 1: Definition of Commonly Used Pain Terms
Appendix 2: Common Abbreviations in Pain Medicine
Appendix 3: Equipment for Pain Management: Interventional and Noninterventional
Techniques
Appendix 4: Pain Websites
Bibliography and Suggested Further Readings