The Pain Clinic Manual

Front Cover
Stephen E. Abram, J. David Haddox
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000 - 480 pages
The thoroughly revised, updated Second Edition of this manual is a practical, portable guide to the treatment of chronic pain. Unique in its focus on clinical decision-making, the book provides diagnostic criteria and management protocols for a wide range of painful conditions. This edition features new information on cancer pain, palliative care, fibromyalgia, and myofascial pain and includes more drug tables, algorithms, figures, and pain assessment scales. The modified outline format permits easy information retrieval. Compatibility: BlackBerry(R) OS 4.1 or Higher / iPhone/iPod Touch 2.0 or Higher /Palm OS 3.5 or higher / Palm Pre Classic / Symbian S60, 3rd edition (Nokia) / Windows Mobile(TM) Pocket PC (all versions) / Windows Mobile Smartphone / Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP/Vista/Tablet PC
 

Contents

Pain Clinic Organization and Staffing
3
Pain Pathways and Mechanisms
13
The Patients Perspective
21
Collection of Historical Data
33
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
37
Psychological Assessment of Patients Experiencing
47
Diagnostic and Prognostic Nerve Blocks
61
Pain Rehabilitation Programs
71
Headache
213
Chronic Pelvic Pain
239
Postdural Puncture Headache
249
Management of Painful Medical Diseases
261
Chronic Pain in Children
271
Substance Abuse and Addiction
283
Oncologic Pain Management
293
Anghelescu M D Margaret Charsley M D
332

Physical Therapy in the Pain Clinic Setting
85
Psychological Strategies for Managing Chronic Pain
103
Electrical Stimulation of the Nervous System
109
Principles of Clinical Pharmacology
117
Local Anesthetic Pharmacology
127
Systemic Opioid Therapy for Noncancer Pain
135
Chronic Intrathecal Drug Delivery
143
Adjuvant Analgesics
151
Back Pain and Radiculopathy
157
Chapter 37 Epidural Steroid Injections
166
Myofascial Pain Syndrome
167
Complex Regional Pain Syndromes and Sympathetically
177
Acute Herpes Zoster and Postherpetic Neuralgia
185
Painful Peripheral Neuropathies
191
Facial Pain
201
Psychologic Assessment and Treatment of Patients with
353
Palliative Care of the Terminally Ill Patient
361
Radiation Therapy for Cancer Pain
369
Neurolytic Blocks and Other Neuroablative Procedures
375
Epidural Steroid Injections
393
Peripheral Nerve Blocks
403
Head and Neck Blocks
411
Appendix A LongTerm Epidural Catheter Implantation for Cancer
423
Appendix B Dermatome Charts
433
Technique for Continuous Opioid Infusion
439
Appendix E Billing Codes
445
Appendix F Patient Pain Questionnaire Treatment Evaluation
453
Appendix G Pain Glossary
467
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