The second edition of Chronic Pain now covers a vast scientific and clinical arena, with the scientific background and therapeutic options much expanded. In common with the other titles comprising Clinical Pain Management, the volume gathers together the available evidence-based information in a reader-friendly format without unnecessary detail, and is divided into three parts. The broad coverage under Part One encompasses basic science, including applied psychology, genetics and epidemiology, through societal aspects of chronic pain and disability, to patient assessment, diagnostic procedures and outcome measures. Part Two considers the different therapies available, including pharmacological, psychological, behavioural, interventional and alternative. In Part Three specific and non-specific pain syndromes and their management are described, including pain in neurological disease, in HIV and AIDS patients, and after surgery or spinal cord injury, regional pain in the head, face, neck, back, joints, chest, abdomen and pelvis, and issues related to pain in children, the elderly and in association with substance misuse.
Author(s): Peter Wilson, Troels Jensen, Paul Watson, Jennifer A Haythornthwaite
Edition: 2nd
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 752
Book title......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 10
Series preface......Page 14
Introduction to Clinical Pain Management: Chronic Pain......Page 16
How to use this book......Page 18
Abbreviations......Page 20
PART I: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS......Page 24
1 Applied physiology: neuropathic pain......Page 26
2 Applied physiology: persistent musculoskeletal pain......Page 47
3 Applied physiology: persistent visceral pain......Page 60
4 Genetics of chronic pain: crucial concepts in genetics and research tools to understand the molecular biology of pain and analgesia......Page 71
5 Epidemiology of chronic pain: classical to molecular approaches to understanding the epidemiology of pain......Page 88
6 The economics of chronic pain......Page 98
7 The challenges of pain and suffering......Page 109
8 Pain in society: ethical and legal perspectives......Page 122
9 Chronic pain, impairment, and disability......Page 138
10 The psychological assessment of pain in patients with chronic pain......Page 145
11 Assessment of the patient with neuropathic pain......Page 155
12 Diagnostic procedures in chronic pain......Page 168
13 Psychological effects of chronic pain: an overview......Page 192
14 Outcome measurement in chronic pain......Page 201
PART II: MANAGEMENT – THERAPIES......Page 214
15 The use of NSAIDs and paracetamol (acetaminophen) in chronic pain......Page 216
16 Opioids and chronic noncancer pain......Page 230
17 Topical analgesics for neuropathic pain......Page 253
18 Chronic pain and depression......Page 264
19 Antiepileptic and antiarrhythmic agents......Page 277
20 Neurostimulation techniques......Page 291
21 Spinal administration......Page 307
22 Cognitive-behavior therapy for chronic pain in adults......Page 315
23 Evaluation of complementary and alternative therapies......Page 326
PART III: MANAGEMENT – CLINICAL SITUATIONS......Page 344
24 Pain in neurological disease......Page 346
25 Peripheral neuropathies......Page 358
26 HIV and AIDS......Page 375
27 Complex regional pain syndromes......Page 385
28 Central neuropathic pain: syndromes, pathophysiology, and treatments......Page 397
29 Spinal cord injury......Page 411
30 Chronic pain after surgery......Page 428
31 Postamputation pain......Page 437
32 Herpes zoster pain including shingles and postherpetic neuralgia......Page 452
33 Management of painful spasticity......Page 463
34 Headache......Page 473
35 Facial pain......Page 490
36 Neck pain and whiplash......Page 507
37 Chronic back pain......Page 524
38 Chronic joint pain......Page 541
39 Therapies for chronic chest pain......Page 560
40 Chronic abdominal, groin, and perineal pain of visceral origin......Page 572
41 Chronic pelvic pain......Page 593
42 Fibromyalgia and myofascial pain: mechanisms to management......Page 622
43 Psychiatric diagnosis and chronic pain......Page 637
44 Chronic pain in children......Page 646
45 Principles of chronic pain therapy in elderly patients......Page 664
46 Pain management and substance misuse......Page 675
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D......Page 693
E......Page 695
F......Page 697
G......Page 698
H......Page 700
I......Page 701
L......Page 703
M......Page 705
N......Page 707
O......Page 711
P......Page 713
R......Page 718
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W......Page 727
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