Essentials of Pain Management by Nalini Vadivelu is an informative and diverse text on practice topics pertinent to the multidisciplinary specialty of pain medicine. With contributions from a cross section of pain experts, the book is designed to help the pain management professional in any specialty and at any stage of training to provide the most up-do-date, evidence-based care.
This book should especially appeal to health-related professions, trainees, and faculty as well as pain fellows and practicing physicians who need a source with a high probability of quickly providing the needed information. A novel feature included in the book assists the reader’s understanding of the material within a clinical context by providing short case scenarios.
Essentials of Pain Management is logically divided into nine parts of pertinent pain topics and even includes a section on “Non-pharmacologic Management of Pain.” The appendix contains multiple choice questions that will assist students and residents in preparing for examinations.
Another unique feature is a collection of multiple choice questions with detailed explanations, useful for chapter review and exam preparation. We also included practical case vignettes to follow each chapter. These vignettes illustrate specific pain management challenges and provide detailed sample solutions. The vignettes are a useful way to apply the knowledge obtained from reading the chapter to a real patient situation. This handy reference manual useful to providers at all levels of the analgesic care continuum.
Contents
Section I Introduction
- 1 Introduction to Pain Management, Historical Perspectives, and Careers in Pain Management
- 2 Multidisciplinary Approach to Pain Management
Section II Anatomy and Physiology
- 3 Anatomic and Physiologic Principles of Pain
- 4 Acute and Chronic Mechanisms of Pain
Section III Clinical Principles
- 5 Assessment of Pain: Complete Patient Evaluation
- 6 Diagnostic Imaging in Pain Management
Section IV Pharmacology
- 7 Opioids: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
- 8 Opioids: Basic Concepts in Clinical Practice
- 9 Nonopioid Analgesics in Pain Management
- 10 Alternative and Herbal Pharmaceuticals
- 11 Importance of Placebo Effect in Pain Management
Section V Non-pharmacologicManagement of Pain
- 12 Psychological and Psychosocial Evaluation of the Chronic Pain Patient
- 13 Interventional Pain Management
- 14 Functional Restoration of Patients with Pain
- 15 Occupational Therapy in Client-Centered Pain Management
- 16 Acupuncture
- 17 Nursing Perspective on Pain Management
- 18 Post-surgical Pain Management
Section VI Acute Pain Management
- 19 Pain Management for Trauma
- 20 Regional Anesthesia Techniques
- 21 Principles of Ultrasound Techniques
- 22 Labor Pain Management
Section VII Chronic Pain Management
- 23 Neuropathic Pain
- 24 Ischemic and Visceral Pain
- 25 Fibromyalgia, Arthritic, and Myofascial Pain
- 26 Head, Neck, and Back Pain
- 27 Headache
- 28 Management of Cancer Pain
- 29 Ethics in Pain Management and End of Life Care
Section VIII Additional Topics
- 30 Pediatric Pain Management
- 31 Managing Pain in the Addicted Patient
- 32 Pain Management in Elderly Patients
- 33 Management of Oro-dental Pain
- 34 Drug Formulary for Pain Management
Appendix: Multiple Choice Questions
Index
Book Details
- Paperback: 857 pages
- Publisher: Springer; 1st edition (March 3, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0387875786
- ISBN-13: 978-0387875781
- Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.6 inches
List Price: $99.00