Oxford Handbook of Pain Management by Brook, Peter -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Page Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Foreword Preface Contents Contributors Symbols and abbreviations Section 1: Acute pain

Chapter 1: Basic principles of acute pain

Introduction Acute pain assessment Measurement of acute pain Examination of the acute pain patient Detrimental consequences of acute pain Acute pain services Anatomy of the pain network Physiology of pain transmission Pharmacology: opioids Pharmacology: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Pharmacology: paracetamol Pharmacology: local anaesthetics

Chapter 2: General pain management techniques

WHO analgesic ladder Routes of administration Patient-controlled analgesia Spinal and epidural analgesia: introduction Spinal and epidural analgesia: anatomy and technique Spinal and epidural analgesia: drugs Spinal and epidural analgesia: safety Nerve blocks for acute pain Specific nerve block techniques

Chapter 3: Specific clinical situations

Postoperative pain management: overview Postoperative pain management: analgesics Postoperative pain management: adjuvants Postoperative pain management: regional techniques Postoperative pain management: other techniques Postoperative pain management: summary Pain management in patients on long-term opioids: acute pain Pain management in patients on long-term opioids: withdrawal Pain management in patients on long-term opioids: opioid substitution Pain management in patients on long-term opioids: postoperative pain Pain management in patients on long-term opioids: summary Pain control in the Intensive Therapy Unit Trauma Trauma: management of specific injuries Pain relief in the Emergency Department Management of burn pain Rheumatological pain Acute back pain Pain in childbirth: introduction Pain in childbirth: non-pharmacological analgesia Pain in childbirth: pharmacological therapy Pain in childbirth: regional analgesia Neonatal pain: introduction Neonatal pain: treatment Acute pain management in children Acute pain management in children: systemic pharmacological treatment Acute pain management in children: local anaesthesia Acute pain in the elderly

Section 2: Chronic pain

Chapter 4: Basic principles of chronic pain

History Examination Measurement of chronic pain Assessment of neuropathic pain Epidemiology of chronic pain Chronic pain services

Chapter 5: Pharmacological therapies

Introduction Opioids for chronic non-cancer pain NSAIDs for chronic pain Antidepressants Anticonvulsants Antiarrhythmics Topical analgesics Cannabinoids Placebo

Chapter 6: Interventional therapies

Peripheral nerve blocks Specific nerve blocks Plexus blocks Sympathetic blocks Intrathecal and epidural drug delivery systems Facet joint injections Neurolytic blocks Other interventional techniques used in chronic pain

Chapter 7: Neuromodulation

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation Spinal cord stimulation Deep brain stimulation Motor cortex stimulation

Chapter 8: Surgical techniques

Surgery for back pain: introduction Infection Surgery for back pain: spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis Surgery for back pain: degenerative disc disease Surgical management of trigeminal neuralgia

Chapter 9: Physical therapies

Physiotherapy in chronic pain Acupuncture Osteopathy and chiropractic Further reading

Chapter 10: Psychological therapy

Clinical psychology in pain management services The psychological management of chronic pain Cognitive behavioural therapy Psychodynamic approaches to chronic pain Acceptance Stress management in chronic pain Hypnosis in chronic pain management Pain Management Programmes

Chapter 11: Specific clinical situations

Chronic low back pain Red flags: risk factors for serious spinal pathology Failed back surgery syndrome Peripheral neuropathies: aetiology Peripheral neuropathies: clinical features Complex regional pain syndrome Chronic postsurgical pain Central pain syndromes Deafferentation and phantom pains Acute herpetic neuralgia (shingles) Postherpetic neuralgia Trigeminal neuralgia Headache Orofacial pain Whiplash Chest pain Chronic abdominal pain Chronic pelvic pain Non-obstetric pain in pregnancy Myofascial pain/fibromyalgia Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalopathy Pain in survivors of torture Chronic pain in children Chronic pain in the elderly

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