Pain : best practice & research compendium / edited by Harald Breivik, Michael Shipley. — Edinburgh : Elsevier, c2007.—(63.292/P144r)

Contents

        Contents
    
    Contributors
    Preface
    Colour plate section
    SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION
    Chapter 1 Bridging the gap between pain management as a specialty and rheumatology
    SECTION 2 SCIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGY OF PAIN
    Chapter 2 Science and psychology of pain
    Chapter 3 The mechanisms of chronic pain
    SECTION 3 ASSESSMENT
    Chapter 4 Assessment of pain in patients with rheumatic diseases
    Chapter 5 Assessment of neuropathic pain
    Chapter 6 Diagnostic nerve blocks in chronic pain
    SECTION 4 SPINAL PAIN
    Chapter 7 Neck pain
    Chapter 8 Low back pain
    Chapter 8 - update Low back pain from a clinical point of view
    Chapter 9 Self-care techniques for acute episodes of low back pain
    Chapter 10 Advances in analgesics and NSAIDs for the treatment of spinal disorders
    Chapter 11 The contribution of psychosocial factors to long-term disability and work loss
    Chapter 12 Steroid injections: effect on pain of spinal origin
    Chapter 13 Radiofrequency procedures in chronic pain
    SECTION 5 REGIONAL PAIN
    Chapter 14 Clinical examination as a tool to identify the origin of regional mnsculoskeletal pain
    Chapter 15 Limb pain
    Chapter 16 Diagnosing regional pain: the view from primary care
    Chapter 17 Injection therapies for soft-tissue disorders
    Chapter 18 Treatment options for regional musculoskeletal pain: what is the evidence?
    Chapter 19 Fibromyalgia: an interdisciplinary approach
    Chapter 20 Efficacy of rehabilitative therapy in regional musculoskeletal conditions: an update
    SECTION 6 CHRONIC WIDESPREAD PAIN
    Chapter 21 The epidemiology of chronic generalized musculoskeletal pain
    Chapter 21 - update The epidemiology of chronic generalized musculoskeletal pain in light of recent publications
    Chapter 22 Chronic widespread pain and fibromyalgia
    Chapter 23 Pharmacological therapies(chronic widespread pain)
    SECTION 7 ACUTE AND POSTOPERATIVE PAIN
    Chapter 24 How to implement an acute postoperative pain service: an update
    Chapter 25 The effect of postoperative epidural analgesia on perioperative morbidity and mortality
    Chapter 26 Prevention and treatment of hyperalgesia and persistent neuropathic pain after surgery
    SECTION 8 MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
    Chapter 27 Pain management and quality in healthcare
    Chapter 28 Drug combinations in pain management: a review of the published evidence and methods to find optimal combinations
    Chapter 29 How do we manage chronic pain?
    Chapter 30 Recommendations for using opioids in chronic non-cancer pain
    Chapter 30 - update Recommendations for using opioids in chronic non-cancer pain
    Index