Pain Medicine and Management: Just the Facts

I. Introduction

II. Basic Physiology

Ch 2: Nociceptive Pain

Ch 3: Neuropathic Pain

III. Evaluation of the Pain Patient

Ch 4: History and Physical Examination

Ch 5: Electromyography/Nerve Conduction Studies

Ch 6: Quantitative Sensory Testing

Ch 7: Bone Scan

Ch 8: Radiologic Evaluation

Ch 9: Psychological Evaluation

IV. Analgesic Pharmacology

Ch 10: Topical Agents

Ch 11: Acetaminophen/NSAIDS

Ch 12: Antidepressants

Ch 13: Anti-epileptic Drugs

Ch 14: Sodium/Calcium Channel Antagonists

Ch 15: Tramadol

Ch 16: Opioids

Ch 17: Muscle Relaxants and Miscellaneous

V. Acute Pain Management

Ch 18: Intravenous/Subcutaneous Patient Controlled Analgesia

Ch 19: Epidural Analgesia

Ch 20: Intrathecal Analgesia

Ch 21: Obstetrical Anaglesia

Ch 22: Intrapleural Analgesia

Ch 23: Peripheral Nerve Blocks and Continuous Catheters

VI. Regional Pain

Ch 24: Abdominal

Ch 25: Upper Extremity

Ch 26: Lower Extremity

Ch 27: Headaches

Ch 28: Low Back

Ch 29: Neck/Shoulder

Ch 30: Orofacial

Ch 31: Pelvic

Ch 32: Thoracic

VII. Chronic Pain Management

Ch 33: AIDS –Related Pain Syndromes

Ch 34: Arthritis

Ch 35: Cancer Pain

Ch 36: Central Pain

Ch 37: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Ch 38: Geriatric Pain

Ch 39: Myofascial Pain/Fibromyalgia

Ch 40: Pediatric Pain

Ch 41: Peripheral Neuropathy

Ch 42: Post Surgical Pain Syndromes

Ch 43: Pregnancy and Chronic Pain

Ch 44: Sickle Cell Anemia

Ch 45: Spasticity

Ch 46: Substance Abuse

Ch 47: Psychological/psychiatric Therapies

VIII. Special Techniques in Pain Management

Ch 48: General Principles of Interventional Pain Therapies

Ch 49: Acupuncture

Ch 50: Botulinum Toxin Injection

Ch 51: Chemical Neurolysis

Ch 52: Complementary Medicine

Ch 53: Cryoneurolysis

Ch 54: Dorsal Column Nerve Stimulation

Ch 55: Epidural Steroid Injections

Ch 56: Facet Joint Blocks

Ch 57: Intravenous Drug Infusions

Ch 58: Neurosurgical Techniques

Ch 59: Radiofrequency Ablation

Ch 60: Peripheral Nerve Stimulation

Ch 61: Prolotherapy

Ch 62: Physical Therapy

Ch 63: Pyriformis Syndrome

Ch 64: Sacroiliac Joint Blocks

Ch 65: Spinal Drug Delivery

Ch 66: Sympathetic Blocks

Ch 67: Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation

Ch 68: Discography/IDET

Ch 69: Nucleoplasty

Ch 70: Special Techniques

IX. Disability

Ch 71: Disability/impairment

Ch 72: Medical/legal evaluation