BookTariq Malik, editor.
Summary: This book focuses on both the management of the pain as well as the pain patient and is formatted as a practical, evidence-based guide to managing chronic pain conditions. It meets the market need for a reference that aides physicians in understanding and improving chronic pain in their patients. Organized across 46 chapters, the book begins with an introduction on chronic pain evaluation, and specifically stresses the importance of complete patient evaluation including social and psychological evaluation. Subsequent chapters then start with an evaluation, medical and interventional options available, how and when to move from one option to another and the level of evidence offered for each intervention. These unique chapter elements provide the reader with a case-based approach to managing their patients. Additionally, a brief discussion of epidemiology and pathophysiology of the disease process is included and the technical aspects of interventional techniques are reviewed. Edited by a leader in the field with international contributing authors across pain medicine, Practical Chronic Pain Management this book is written primarily for anesthesiologists, pain specialists, rheumatologists, and primary care physicians.
Contents:
What Is the Prognosis of This Condition? Intro
Foreword
Preface
Contents
Contributors
1: ABCs of Chronic Pain Evaluation
Evaluating a Chronic Pain Patient
History and Physical Examination
Standard Questionnaires
Pain Quality
Functional Limitations
Pain Coping Assessment/Behavioral Assessment
Conclusion
References
2: A 40-Year-Old Woman with Chronic Recurrent Headache (Migraine)
Case Description
What Is Your Preliminary Diagnosis?
How Is the Diagnosis Confirmed?
What Is the Pathophysiology of This Condition?
How Is This Problem Managed?
Acute Treatment
Preventive Therapy What Is the Prognosis of This Condition?
Discussion
Prevalence
Differential Diagnosis
Predictive Value of Different Clinical Features (Both on History and Physical Exam) and Lab Testing/Imaging
History
Physical Exam
Lab Testing
Imaging
Strength of Evidence for Different Treatment Modalities
Future Directions or Clinical Trials in Progress
Conclusion/Summary
References
3: Cluster Headache
Case Description
What Is Your Preliminary Diagnosis?
How Is Diagnosis Confirmed?
What Is the Pathophysiology of This Condition?
How Is This Problem Managed? What Is the Prognosis of This Condition?
Discussion
Prevalence
Differential Diagnosis
Predictive Value of Different Clinical Features (Both on History and Physical Exam) and Lab Testing/Imaging
Strength of Evidence for Different Treatment Modalities
Future Directions or Clinical Trials in Progress
Conclusion/Summary
References
4: Atypical Facial Pain/Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain
Case Description
What Is Your Preliminary Diagnosis?
How Is the Diagnosis Confirmed?
What Is the Pathophysiology of This Condition?
How Is This Problem Managed? What Is the Prognosis of This Condition?
Discussion
Prevalence
Differential Diagnosis
Predictive Value of Clinical Features
Strength of Evidence for Treatment Modalities
Future Directions
Conclusion/Summary
References
5: A 75-Year-Old Woman with Frequent Fleeting Face Pain (Trigeminal Neuralgia)
Case Description
What Is Your Preliminary Diagnosis?
How is the Diagnosis Confirmed?
What Is the Pathophysiology of This Condition?
How Is the Problem Managed?
Trigeminal Nerve Block Technique
Ophthalmic Branch (V1) Nerve Block Maxillary (V2) and Mandibular (V3) Nerve Block
What Is the Prognosis of This Condition?
Discussion
Prevalence
Differential Diagnosis
Predictive Value of Different Clinical Features and Lab Testing/Imaging
Strength of Evidence for Different Treatment Modalities
Future Directions or Clinical Trials in Progress
Conclusion
References
6: A Patient with Chronic Pain in the Back of the Head
Case Description
What Is Your Preliminary Diagnosis?
How Is Diagnosis Confirmed?
What Is the Pathophysiology of This Condition?
How Is This Problem Managed?