Book Info.

A pocketbook on the management of persisting pain for trainee anaesthetists, palliative care teams and others involved in the management of patients with pain.

Features

A comprehensive and accessible guide to the management of persisting pain in a quick-reference pocket format.
Practical guidance on the pain of cancer and HIV disease, and chronic pain syndromes such as back pain and scar pain.
Covers psychology of pain
The basic science background is covered - very important for exam-taking anaesthesia trainees.

What's New

Two important new sections - one on functional imaging and one on the use of strong opioid medication for the relief of non-cancer pain.
Coverage of new drugs
Updating of physiology of pain
Now covers persisting pain only, not acute pain

Section 1 Principles of pain management
Anatomy and physiology of pain. Imaging.
Clinical pharmacology.
The opioids.
Opiods and non-cancer pain.
Non-opioid analgesics.
Local anaesthetics.
Antidepressants and anticonvulsants.
Miscellaneous drugs used in pain control.
Neurostimulation.
Assessment of the patient in pain.

Section 2 Pain of cancer and advanced HIV disease
Cancer pain.
Pain and advanced HIV disease.

Section 3 Chronic pain syndromes
Back and neck pain.
Muscular pain.
Scar pain.
Neuropathic and central pain.
Facial pain.
Chronic pelvic pain.

Section 4 Psychology and pain
Psychology and Pain