Book[edited by] Charles E. Argoff, Andrew Dubin, Julie Pilitsis.
Summary: "For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Pain Management Secrets, 4th Edition, features the Secrets' popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, and an easy-to-read style - making reference and review quick, easy, and enjoyable"--Publisher's description.
Contents:
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
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 pocedures
Psychological constructs and treatment interventions
Physical modalities: adjunctive treatments to reduce pain and maximize function
Pain clinics
Interventional pain management
Complementary and alternative medicine.