Book Info

McGill Univ., Quebec, Canada. Clinical companion to Textbook of Pain, written by the same authors, c1999. Provides a concise overview of the most important information regarding every clinical aspect of pain. Discusses clinical pain states, therapeutic approaches, and special problems of assessment and management. Also discusses cancer pain and pediatric pain. Softcover.

About the Author

Ronald Melzack, OC, FRSC, PhD, E. P. Taylor Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and Patrick D Wall, FRS, DM, FRCP, Professor Emeritus of Physiology, St Thomas's Hospital, London, UK

Book Description

An Essentials version of the Textbook of Pain, 4/e, this book is intended to provide the pain medicine specialist and trainee with an easy-to-access overview on the management complexities, assessment tools and multiple treatment modalities that are currently available to the physician dealing with the full spectrum of pain syndromes. The emphasis throughout is on the clinical aspects of pain medicine. It will contain the core information that the practitioner and trainee needs. Each chapter is brief and succinctly written and the text is well broken up with headings, tables and summary charts. The book is divided into 2 main sections; clinical states (acute, chronic and cancer pain) and therapeutic aspects ( pharmacological, surgical, physiotherapy, psychotherapy ) and it presents a rational, multidisciplinary approach to the management of pain.

List of contributors vii
Introduction 1
Section 1 Clinical pain states
Soft tissue, joints and bones
1. Acute and postoperative pain 11
2. Osteoarthritis 31
3. Rheumatoid arthritis 39
4. Muscles, tendons and ligaments 49
5. Chronic back pain 67
6. Upper extremity pain 77
7. Fibromyalgia 95
Deep and visceral pain
8. Abdominal pain 109
9. Heart, vascular and haemopathic pain 121
10. Chronic pelvic pain 135
11. Obstetric pain 147
12. Genitourinary pain 163
Head
13. Orofacial pain 177
14. Trigeminal, eye and ear pain 199
15. Headache 217
Nerve and root damage
16. Postamputation pain 247
17. Peripheral neuropathies 259
18. Complex regional pain syndrome 275
19. Nerve root disorders and arachnoiditis 289
Central nervous system
20. Central pain 305
21. Spinal cord injury 329
Section 2 Therapeutic approaches
Pharmacology
22. Antipyretic analgesics 339
23. Psychotropic drugs 353
24. Opioids 377
25. Local anaesthetics and epidurals 397
26. Atypical analgesic drugs and sympathetic blockers 413
Surgery
27. Disc surgery 427
28. Orthopaedic surgery 435
29. Central neurosurgery 453
Physical therapies
30. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation 465
31. Ultrasound, shortwave, microwave, laser, superficial heat and cold in the treatment of pain 473
32. Mobilization, manipulation, massage and exercise for the relief of musculoskeletal pain 485
Psychological therapies
33. The placebo and the placebo response 503
34. Relaxation and biofeedback 509
35. Hypnotic analgesia 521
36. A cognitive-behavioral approach to pain management 533
Section 3 Special problems of assessment and management
Age and sex differences
37. Pain in children 543
38. Pain in the elderly 559
39. Sex and gender differences in pain 569
Neuropathic and burn pain
40. Peripheral neuropathic pain: an approach to management 581
41. Pain of burns 591
Cancer pain
42. Cancer pain syndromes 603
43. The management of cancer pain 641
44. Cancer pain and palliative care in children 669
45. Cancer pain and AIDS-related pain: psychiatric and ethical issues 689
46. Pain and impending death 721
Index 727