Neuropathic pain is increasingly recognized as a chronic disabling condition. It is frequently thought of as harder to treat than other pain types, and it often results in a poorer quality of life. Around 30% of adults in the UK alone have some type of chronic pain and some estimates suggest that one in five of these will have symptoms of neuropathic pain.
This second edition of the popular pocketbook has been fully updated to include recent developments in the diagnosis and management of neuropathic pain. It includes new chapters on the clinical assessment of neuropathic pain and the use of screening tools in its diagnosis. This edition also includes a new chapter focusing on neuropathic lower back pain, a newly emerging clinical entity which is thought to be the most prevalent type of neuropathic pain in developed countries.
Book Features
- Written in a practical style that has direct clinical application for healthcare professionals.
- Use of "Key Points" at the start of each chapter and "Key references" at the end.
- Portable for quick user-friendly reference.
- Includes new chapters on the clinical assessment of neuropathic pain and the use of screening tools in diagnosis.
- Also includes new chapter on neuropathic low back pain.
New to this edition
- Fully updated to include all the recent developments in the diagnosis and management of neuropathic pain.
- New chapters on the clinical assessment of neuropathic pain and the use of screening tools in its diagnosis.
- Includes a new chapter focussing on neuropathic low back pain, a newly emerging clinical entity.
About the Author
- Michael Bennett is Professor of Palliative Medicine at the International Observatory on End of Life Care School of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.
Readership
- All practitioners involved in mental health of old age such as old age psychiatrists, neurologists, trainees, specialist nurses, as well as primary care providers.
Contents
Part I - THE PATIENT
- 1: Michael Bennett: Theories, history and current taxonomy
- 2: Catherine Urch: Pathophysiology of neuropathic pain
- 3: Blair Smith: Epidemiology
- 4: Per Hansson: Clinical assessment
- 5: Michael Bennett: Using screening tools
- 6: Didier Bouhassira: Peripheral neuropathic pain
- 7: David Bowsher: Central neuropathic pain
- 8: Dudley Bush: Complex Regional Pain Syndromes
- 9: Irene Higginson: Cancer neuropathic pain
- 10: Rainer Freynhagen: Neuropathic low back pain
Part II - TREATMENT
- 11: Henry McQuay and Phil Wiffen: Antidepressants and antiepileptics
- 12: Gary McCleane: Systemic local anaesthetics and other pharmacological approaches
- 13: Marie Fallon: Ketamine and other NMDA antagonists
- 14: Michael Bennett: Opioids
- 15: Mark Johnson: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and acupuncture
- 16: Brian Simpson: Spinal cord stimulation
- 17: Karen Simpson: Spinal drug delivery and neurolytic blocks
- 18: Michael Bennett: Drug synergy and sequencing
- 19: Jose Closs: Patient perspectives
Product Details
- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition (February 4, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0199563675
- ISBN-13: 978-0199563678