Edited and written by seasoned authors and physicians in pain medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), this unique review tool is ideal for medical students, PM&R residents, pain fellows, and pain practitioners studying or working in the field and preparing to take the pain medicine exam. Series editors Drs. Blessen C. Eapen and David X. Cifu ensure that Pain Medicine:: Board Review offers focused, high-yield content specific to physiatrists who seek subspecialty certification or to improve clinical care and assessment in practice, with authoritative, up-to-date coverage of pain assessment and psychology; methods of treatment; tissue pain, visceral pain, headache and facial pain, and nerve damage; pain management in special populations; and more.
SECTION 1: General 1. Anatomy and Physiology: Mechanisms of Nociceptive Transmission 2. Pharmacology of Pain Transmission and Modulation 3. Development of Pain Systems 4. Designing, Reporting, and Interpreting Clinical Research Studies about Treatments for Pain: Evidence-Based Medicine 5. Public Health Aspects of Pain Medicine and Legal/Regulatory Environment 6. Ethical Standards in Pain Management and Research
SECTION 2: Assessment and Psychology of Pain 7. Clinical Evaluation of Pain 8. Placebo and Pain 9. Clinical Nerve Function Studies and Imaging 10. Psychosocial and Cultural Aspects of Pain 11. Sex and Gender Issues in Pain
SECTION 3: Treatment of Pain: Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Adverse Effects, Drug Interactions, and Indications/Contraindications 12. Opioids Pharmacology 13. Antipyretic Analgesics: Nonsteroidals, Acetaminophen, and Phenazone Derivatives 14. Antidepressants and Anticonvulsants 15. Miscellaneous Agents: Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Adverse Effects, Drug Interactions, Indications/Contraindications
SECTION 4: Treatment of Pain: Other Methods 16. Psychological Treatments (Cognitive-Behavioral and Behavioral Interventions) 17. Mental Health Issues in Chronic Pain 18. Stimulation-Produced Analgesia 19. Interventional Pain Management Including Nerve Blocks and Lesioning 20. Surgical Pain Management 21. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Modalities and Treatment 22. Work Rehabilitation and Management of Return to Work 23. Complementary and Alternative Medicine
SECTION 5: Clinical States - Taxonomy 24. Taxonomy and Classification of Chronic Pain Syndromes
SECTION 10: Special Cases 39. Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents 40. Pain in Older Adults 41. Pain With Neurocognitive Dysfunction / Pain in Individuals With Limited Ability to Communicate 42. Chronic Pain and Addiction 43. Pain Relief in Areas of Deprivation and Conflict
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