The new edition of this popular volume updates and expands the first edition. The content is organised by classification, mechanisms, clinical approach, syndromes defined by pain, syndromes in which pain is a component, and management by all current modalities and specialties. New chapters include High-Tech Intervention, Pain Management in the Terminally Ill Patient, and the Difficult Patient. Perfect for exam preparation, and a valuable clinical reference.
Overview 1. Definitions 2. Classification of Pain 3. Basic Mechanisms
II Clinical Approach 4. History Taking in the Patient with Pain 5. Physical Examination of the Patient in Pain 6. Pain Measurement 7. Psychological Assessment of Chronic Pain Patients
III Clinical Syndromes Defined by Pain 8. Tension-Type Headache 9. Migraine 10. Cluster Headache 11. The Paroxysmal Hemicranias 12. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 13. Brain Tumor Headaches 14. Increased and Decreased Intracranial Pressure 15. Temporal (Giant Cell) Arteritis 16. Headaches Associated with Systemic Disease 17. Trigeminal Neuralgia 18. Glossopharyngeal and Other Facial Neuralgias 19. Low Back Pain 20. Neck and Arm Pain 21. Abdominal Pain 22. Chronic Pelvic Pain 23. Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain
IV Syndromes in which Pain Is a Significant Component 24. Postoperative Pain Management 25. Cancer Pain Syndromes 26. Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis 27. Neuropathic Pain
V Psychological Syndromes 28. Psychological Syndromes
VI Special Patient Populations 29. Pain in Children 30. Pain in the Elderly