Obtain all the core knowledge in pain management you need from one of the most trusted resources in the field. The new edition of Practical Management of Pain gives you completely updated, multidisciplinary overview of every aspect of pain medicine, including evaluation, diagnosis of pain syndromes, rationales for management, treatment modalities, and much more. In print and online, it is all the expert guidance necessary to offer your patients the best possible relief.

• Understand and apply the latest developments in pain medicine with brand-new chapters covering disability assessment, central post-stroke pain, chronic widespread pain, and burn pain.

• Effectively ease your patients’ pain with today’s best management techniques, including joint injections, ultrasound-guided therapies, and new pharmacologic agents (such as topical analgesics).

• Access up-to-the-minute knowledge on all aspects of pain management, from general principles to specific management techniques, with contributions from renowned experts in the field.

• • Read the full text and view all the images online at expertconsult.com.

• Understand and apply the latest developments in pain management with brand-new chapters covering disability assessment, central post-stroke pain, widespread chronic pain, and burn pain.
• Effectively ease your patients’ pain with today’s best management techniques, including joint injections, ultrasound-guided therapies, and new pharmacologic agents (such as topical analgesics).

Review

“This edition continues in the tradition of a comprehensive, practical book of pain management. It is the only book that sufficiently covers both the theory and practice of medicine. The online version makes it accessible 24/7 and easy to use even in the busiest settings.”-Tariq Malik, MD(University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine) doody Review: 5 stars

Contents

۱. The History of Pain Medicine
۲. Taxonomy and Classification of Chronic Pain Syndromes
۳. Organizing an Inpatient Acute Pain Service
۴. Measurement-Based Stepped Care Approach to Interdisciplinary Chronic Pain Management
۵. The Health Care Policy of Pain Management
۶. Quality Assessment and Improvement and Patient Safety in the Pain Clinic
۷. Education, Training, and Certification in Pain Medicine
۸. Pain Pathways: Peripheral, Spinal, Ascending, and Descending Pathways
۹. A Review of Pain-Processing Pharmacology
۱۰. Pain and Brain Changes
۱۱. An Introduction to Pharmacogenetics in Pain Management: Knowledge of How Pharmacogenomics May Affect Clinical Care
۱۲. Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Pain
۱۳. History and Physical Examination of the Pain Patient
۱۴. Electromyography and Evoked Potentials
۱۵. Radiologic Assessment of the Patient with Spine Pain
۱۶. Psychological and Behavioral Assessment
۱۷. Disability Assessment
۱۸. Postoperative Pain and Other Acute Pain Syndromes
۱۹. The Prediction and Prevention of Persistent Post-Surgical Pain
۲۰. Pediatric Acute Pain Management

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۶۵. Lumbar Discogenic Pain and Diskography
۶۶. Intradiscal Procedures for the Treatment of Discogenic Lower Back and Leg Pain
۶۷. Minimally Invasive Procedures for Vertebral Compression Fractures
۶۸. Biopsychosocial Prescreening for Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation Devices
۶۹. Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
۷۰. Intrathecal Drug Delivery: Patient Selection, Trialing, and Implantation
۷۱. Joint Injections
۷۲. Radiation Safety and Radiographic Contrast Agents in Pain Medicine
۷۳. The Management of Pain from Sickle Cell Disease
۷۴. Burn Pain
۷۵. Pain Management in the Emergency Department
۷۶. Pain Management in the Critically Ill Patient
۷۷. Pain Management at the End of Life
۷۸. Pain Management in the Home: Using Cancer Patients as a Model
۷۹. The Health Implications of Disparities in Cancer and Pain Care: Unequal Burdens and Unheard Voices
۸۰. Clinical Trial Design Methodology for Pain Outcome Studies
۸۱. Ethics of Research in Patients with Pain
۸۲. Postoperative Pain Management: Trends and Future Directions and Areas in Need of Investigation
۸۳. Future Directions and Trends in Pain Management