BookKoki Shimoji, Antoun Nader, Wolfgang Hamann, editors.
Summary: This book covers a range of topics, from the cause and identity of pain, to pain relief management. Starting from the mechanism of pain, it continues to pain management techniques such as nerve blocks, drugs (pain killers), noninvasive manipulations psychological techniques and electric management, before describing the management of various painful conditions such as headaches, back pain, extremities pain, post-herpetic pain or complex regional pain syndrome. It also provides the format of case reports which can be used to explain management options. A novel feature of the book is that it provides additional insights into how clinicians involve patients in treating their own pain through guided self-assessment and self-management. Recent studies have revealed that pain is not only a biological alarm that warns of disease, but can also be the disease itself, or the catalyst of a vicious circle of pain and disease. Providing rapid pain relief is often effective in sparking the rapid recovery from various diseases. This book offers the perfect guide for all clinicians, not only those working at pain clinics but all those who have to treat patients who are in pain.
Contents:
Part-1: Basic Considerations. History of Pain
Theories of Pain
Anatomical Physiology of pain
Pathophysiology of Pain
Pharmacology of Analgesics
Investigation of the Chronic Pain Patient
Interventional Treatment of Chronic Pain
Nerve Blocks
Minimally Invasive Techniques in Pain Clinic (Methods Treating Chronic Pain other than Nerve Brocks)
Pain Measurements. Part-2: Pain Management Techniques. Back Pain
Postherpetic Neuralgia
Neuropathic Pain
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
Neuropathic Pain Syndrome: Diabetic and Other Neuropathies
Phantom Limb Pain
Neuropathic pain syndromes
Psychological and Psychiatric Pain Conditions
Headache
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Orofacial Pain
Myofascial Pain Syndrome and Fibromyalgia
Urogenital Pain Including Pelvic Pain
Chest pain
Central Pain
Cancer Pain
Arthritis Pain; Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoarthritis and Fibromyalgia
Vascular Pain.