ABC of Pain

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Lesley A. Colvin, Marie Fallon
John Wiley & Sons, Apr 30, 2012 - Medical - 128 pages
Chronic pain is a very common problem, impacting on many patients. Assessment and management can be challenging. The ABC of Pain focuses on the pain management issues often encountered in primary care.

Covering major chronic pain presentations, such as musculoskeletal pain, low back pain and neuropathic pain, the ABC of Pain also provides guidance on the management of pain in pregnancy, children, older adults, drug dependency and the terminally ill. Beginning with an overview of the epidemiology of chronic pain, pain mechanisms and the assessment of pain, it then provides practical guidance on interventional procedures and methods of effective pain management.

The ABC of Pain is a comprehensive, evidence-based reference. It is ideal for GPs, junior doctors, nurse specialists in primary care, palliative care specialists, and also hospital and hospice staff managing chronically and terminally ill patients.

 

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Contents

Introduction
What is Chronic Pain?
How Common is Chronic Pain?
The Impact of Chronic Pain
Factors Associated with Chronic Pain
What is the Cost of Chronic Pain?
Further reading
Introduction
Introduction
Treating Acute Pain
Palliative Care
Conclusion
Further reading
Pain Assessment
Analgesia
Procedural Pain

Basic Pain Pathway
Chronic Pain
Chronic Changes in Peripheral Sensitisation
Summary
The Nature of Chronic Pain
Medical and Physical Evaluations
Psychological Assessment
Conclusions
Introduction
The Anatomy and Physiology of Musculoskeletal Pain
A Classification of Musculoskeletal Disease and Pain
Regional Pain and the Softtissue Periarticular Disorders
Arthritis
Fibromyalgia
Further reading
Introduction
Mechanical Dysfunction
Guidelines
Investigations  How Valuable is Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRI?
Treatment Options
Central Sensitivity Syndrome CSS
Conclusion
Further reading
Introduction
Epidemiology
Mechanisms of Neuropathic Pain
Diagnosis
Management of Neuropathic Pain
Summary
Introduction
Pathophysiology of Visceral Pain
Visceral Pain Assessment
Management of Visceral Pain
Summary
Introduction
Assessment
Aetiology of Prolonged Pain Following Surgery
Risk Factors for the Development of Chronic Pain Following Surgery
Can Postoperative Neuropathic Pain be Prevented or Reduced?
How is Postoperative Neuropathic Pain Managed?
Summary
Further reading
Introduction
History
Examination
Management Issues
Primary Headaches
Temporomandibular Disorders TMD
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain
Further resources
Introduction
Cancer Pain Versus Nonmalignant Pain
Assessment
Management of Cancer Pain
Strategies to Improve Opioid Responsiveness
Special Considerations
Newer Treatments
Chronic Pain
Further reading
Introduction
Evaluation
Further reading
Introduction
Musculoskeletal Problems
Gestational Problems
Reproductive Organs
Chronic Pain and Pregnancy
Further Reading
Introduction
Early Involvement of Psychology in Pain Management
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Pain Management
The FearAvoidance Model of Chronic Pain
Pain Catastrophising
Appraisalbased Models
Efficacy of Psychological Therapies for Chronic Pain
Summary
Further reading
Introduction
Patient assessment and selection
Pharmacological intervention
Myofascial trigger point injections
Epidural steroid injections
Selective nerve root injection
Lumbar sympathetic block
Intrathecal drug delivery
Spinal cord stimulation neuromodulation
Summary
Introduction
Physiotherapy in Acute Injury
Electrotherapies
Manual Therapies
Exercise Therapy
Behaviour Modification
Conclusion
Introduction
Techniques and Mechanism of Action
Practicalities
Contraindications Precautions and Adverse Events
References
Further reading
Introduction
Acupuncture
Hypnosis
Aromatherapy Massage
Evidencebased Summary
Background
The Endogenous Opioid System
What is the Evidence for Efficacy?
Risks and Benefits of Opioid Therapy
Relevance for Clinical Use
Pharmacokinetic Aspects and Potential for Drug Interactions
Treatment of Opioidinduced Adverse Effects
Conclusions
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About the author (2012)

JEAN-GUILLAUME DUMAS is Professor at the University of Grenoble, where he teaches security, programming languages, cryptology, and computer algebra.

JEAN-LOUIS ROCH is Associate Professor at the National Polytechnique Institute of Grenoble (INPG), and teaches security, coding theory, cryptology, parallelism, and algorithms.

ÉRIC TANNIER is Research Associate at the National French Institute for Computer Science (INRIA). He works in computational biology in the Biometry and Evolutionary Biology Laboratory (LBBE) of the University of Lyon.

SÉBASTIEN VARRETTE is Research Associate at the University of Luxembourg. He works in the High Performance Computing (HPC) area, in particular as regards the security of distributed and/or parallel executions.

Bibliographic information

TitleABC of Pain
ABC Series
EditorsLesley A. Colvin, Marie Fallon
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2012
ISBN1118310993, 9781118310991
Length128 pages
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