Essentials of Pain Medicine
by Honorio T. Benzon, Srinivasa N. Raja, Scott M. Fishman
4th Edition
Publisher: Elsevier
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9780323401968 |
| eText ISBN | 9780323445405 |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Publishing Year | 2018 |
| Edition | 4th Edition |
| Language | English |
Essentials of Pain Medicine, 4th Edition, provides a clinically focused, full-color overview of pain medicine and regional anesthesia. The text delivers practical guidance for evaluating, treating, and rehabilitating individuals experiencing pain.
The volume covers major treatment approaches, including pharmacologic therapies, interventional procedures, neuromodulation, physiotherapy, and psychological methods. It addresses pain care across diverse clinical environments, including emergency rooms, intensive care units, and specialized pain clinics.
Presented in a quick-reference format with short chapters, the resource is designed to help clinicians manage practice challenges and prepare for medical examinations.
Table of Contents
Section 1: Basic Considerations
Chapter 1: Anatomy and Physiology of the Pain Signaling Process
Chapter 2: Neurochemistry of Somatosensory and Pain Processing
Chapter 3: Taxonomy: Definition of Pain Terms and Chronic Pain Syndromes
Section 2: Clinical Evaluation and Diagnostic Examinations
Chapter 4: Physical Examination of the Patient with Pain
Chapter 5: Pain Assessment
Chapter 6: Psychological Evaluation and Testing
Chapter 7: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and Pain Management
Chapter 8: Neurophysiologic Testing for Pain
Chapter 9: Anatomy, Imaging and Common Pain-Generating Degenerative Pathologies of the Spine
Chapter 10: Determination of Disability
Section 3: Perioperative Pain Management
Chapter 11: Preventive Analgesia
Chapter 12: Perioperative Nonopioid Infusions for Postoperative Pain Management
Chapter 13: Patient-Controlled Analgesia
Chapter 14: Intrathecal Opioid Injections for Postoperative Pain
Chapter 15: Epidural Opioids for Postoperative Pain
Chapter 16: Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks
Chapter 17: Pediatric Postoperative Pain
Chapter 18: Chronic Pain After Surgery
Section 4: Chronic Pain Syndromes
Chapter 19: Migraine Headache and the Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias (TAC)
Chapter 20: Tension-Type Headache, Chronic Tension-Type Headache, and Other Chronic Headache Types
Chapter 21: Postmeningeal Puncture Headache and Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension
Chapter 22: Cervicogenic Headache
Chapter 23: Orofacial Pain
Chapter 24: Overview of Low Back Pain Disorders
Chapter 25: Myofascial Pain Syndrome
Chapter 26: Fibromyalgia and Centralized Pain States
Chapter 27: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Chapter 28: Herpes Zoster and Postherpetic Neuralgia
Chapter 29: Postamputation Pain
Chapter 30: Central Pain States
Chapter 31: Pelvic Pain
Chapter 32: Painful Peripheral Neuropathies
Chapter 33: Entrapment Neuropathies
Section 5: Cancer Pain and Pain in Special Situations
Chapter 34: Approach to Management of Cancer Pain
Chapter 35: Management of Pain at End of Life
Chapter 36: Pain Management in the Emergency Department
Chapter 37: Chronic Pain Management in Children and Adolescents
Chapter 38: Sickle Cell Pain
Chapter 39: Pain Management During Pregnancy and Lactation
Chapter 40: Pain Control in the Critically Ill Patient
Chapter 41: Geriatric Pain
Section 6: Pharmacology and Pharmacologic Modalities
Chapter 42: Major Opioids and Pain Management
Chapter 43: Opioids Used for Mild to Moderate Pain
Chapter 44: The Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic and Emerging Prescribing Guidelines
Chapter 45: Legal and Regulatory Issues in Pain Management
Chapter 46: Urine Drug Testing
Chapter 47: Substance Use Disorders and Detoxification
Chapter 48: Psychopharmacology for Pain Medicine
Chapter 49: Membrane Stabilizers
Chapter 50: Recommendations for Pharmacological Therapy of Neuropathic Pain
Chapter 51: Nonopioid Analgesics: NSAIDs, COX-2 Inhibitors, and Acetaminophen
Chapter 52: Intravenous Infusions for Refractory Cancer and Chronic Pain States
Chapter 53: Pharmacologic Management of Myofascial Pain
Chapter 54: Pharmacologic Management of CRPS
Chapter 55: Pharmacology for the Interventional Pain Physician
Chapter 56: Role of Cannabinoids in Pain Management
Section 7: Therapeutic Interventions
Chapter 57: Ablative Neurosurgical Procedures for Treatment of Chronic Pain
Chapter 58: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Approaches to Pain Management
Chapter 59: Psychological Interventions for Chronic Pain
Chapter 60: Acupuncture
Chapter 61: Tai Chi and Chronic Pain
Section 8: Interventional Techniques for Pain Management
Chapter 62: Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injections for Lumbosacral Radicular Pain
Chapter 63: Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections and Selective Nerve Root Blocks
Chapter 64: ANTI TNF – α Drugs and DMARDs for Low Back Pain
Chapter 65: Facet Syndrome
Chapter 66: Sacroiliac Joint Syndrome
Chapter 67: Piriformis Syndrome
Chapter 68: Pulsed Radiofrequency, Water-Cooled Radiofrequency, and Cryoneurolysis
Chapter 69: Discography
Chapter 70: Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
Chapter 71: Neurolytic Sympathetic Blocks
Chapter 72: Central and Peripheral Neurolysis
Chapter 73: Spinal Cord Stimulation
Chapter 74: Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
Chapter 75: Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation
Chapter 76: Implanted Drug Delivery Systems for the Control of Chronic Pain
Chapter 77: Fluoroscopy and Radiation Safety
Chapter 78: Efficacy of Interventional Procedures for Neuropathic Pain
Section 9: Other Nerve Blocks in Pain Medicine
Chapter 79: Ultrasound-Guided Procedures for Pain Management
Chapter 80: Deep Muscle Injections: Piriformis, Scalene Muscle, Iliposoas Injections
Chapter 81: Ultrasound-Guided Musculoskeletal Injections--Shoulder, Hip, and Knee
Chapter 82: Head and Neck Blocks
Chapter 83: Truncal Blocks: Intercostal, Paravertebral, Interpleural, Tap, Suprascapular, Ilioinguinal, and Iliohypogastric Nerve Blocks
Chapter 84: Sympathetic Blocks: Stellate Ganglion, Lumbar Sympathetic Blocks, and Visceral Sympathetic Blocks -- Fluoroscopy and Ultrasound-Guided
Chapter 85: Interventional Pain Procedures in Patients on Anticoagulants
Chapter 86: Interventional Pain Procedures and the Risk of Infection
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