Pocket Pain Medicine (Pocket Notebook Series)

Pocket Pain Medicine is an invaluable tool for every resident and practicing physician who needs to understand the essentials of acute and chronic pain management, including all current guidelines and standards of care. This concise, up-to-date, evidence-based reference guide is written in the popular Pocket Notebook Series format that is ideal for today's fast-paced health care environment. Information is presented in a schematic, outline format, with diagrams and tables for quick, easy reference.  The book contains all the practical information the resident or practitioner needs to quickly diagnose the pain disorder, safely prescribe the required medications, and arrange for advanced pain care if needed.  Pocket Pain Medicine will appeal to physicians in every specialty in both academic and private practice throughout the world.CONTENTS:Contributors vForeword xiiPreface xiiiMULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACHTO PAIN MANAGEMENT1-1Andrew CherroPAIN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2-1Sukanya Mitra and Nalini VadiveluMECHANISMS OF ACUTE ANDCHRONIC PAIN 3-1Sukanya Mitra and Nalini VadiveluASSESSMENT OF PAIN: PATIENTEVALUATION 4-1R. Jason Yong and Srdjan S. NedeljkovicDIAGNOSTIC IMAGING AND TESTING 5-1Michael Nguyen and Srdjan S. NedeljkovicOPIOIDS 6-1Karsten Bartels and Paul J. ChristoNONOPIOID ANALGESIC MEDICATIONS 7-1Karsten Bartels and Paul J. ChristoLOCAL ANESTHETICS 8-1Elizabeth Freck and Ferne R. BravemanALTERNATIVE AND HERBALPHARMACEUTICALS 9-1Michael Nguyen and Srdjan S. NedeljkovicDRUG FORMULARY10-1Ian Laughlin and Anita Hunt HickeyPSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIALEVALUATION AND BEHAVIORALAPPROACHES TO PAIN MANAGEMENT11-1Claudia M. Campbell and Luis F. BuenaverIMPLANTABLE DEVICES: SPINAL CORDSTIMULATION AND INTRATHECALDRUG DELIVERY12-1Karsten Bartels and Paul J. ChristoNONIMPLANTABLE INTERVENTIONS INCHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT: PART 113-1Ian Laughlin, Steven Hanling, and Anita H. HickeyNONIMPLANTABLE INTERVENTIONS INCHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT: PART II14-1Jason Silvestri, Julie Kaesberg, and Anita HickeyPHYSIATRIC (PM&R) APPROACH TO PAIN15-1Damien Tavares and Justin HataOCCUPATIONAL THERAPY16-1Amanda Barker and Justin HataPHYSICAL THERAPY17-1Eric Yao Chang and Justin HataACUPUNCTURE FOR ADULT ANDPEDIATRIC PAIN18-1Shu-Ming WangACUTE AND POSTOPERATIVE PAINMANAGEMENT19-1Nalini Vadivelu and Christian WhitneyPAIN MANAGEMENT IN THECRITICALLY ILL PATIENT20-1Danielle Perret and Michael M. KimBURN AND TRAUMA PAIN MANAGEMENT21-1Amit GuptaREGIONAL ANESTHESIA22-1Susan Dabu-Bondoc and Rima AouadULTRASOUND-GUIDED PERIPHERALNERVE BLOCKS23-1Thomas Halaszynski, Imanuel Lerman, and Dmitri SouzdalnitskiANTICOAGULATION AND REGIONALANESTHESIA (ASRA GUIDELINES)24-1Balazs HorvathMANAGEMENT OF PAIN DURING LABORAND DELIVERY25-1Roberto Rappa and Keun Sam ChungNEUROPATHIC PAIN26-1Gerald GrassVISCERAL AND ISCHEMIC PAIN27-1Amitabh Gulati and Devin PeckLOW BACK PAIN28-1Tanja Frey and Barrett JohnstonNECK AND SHOULDER PAIN29-1Tanja FreyPAIN SYNDROMES OF THE DISTALEXTREMITIES30-1Cornelius A. SullivanMYOFASCIAL AND ARTHRITIC PAIN ANDFIBROMYALGIA31-1Tanja FreyCRANIOFACIAL PAIN SYNDROMES32-1Tanja FreyHEADACHE33-1Tara Sheridan and Matthew PeñaPALLIATIVE CARE34-1Ashraf Farid and Ayman Abdel-HalimCANCER PAIN MANAGEMENT35-1Vinay PuttanniahLEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN PAINMEDICINE36-1Linda ReverSURGICAL AND INTERVENTIONALRADIOLOGIC APPROACHES TO PAINMANAGEMENT37-1Brian L. Ju, Kenneth Vives, and Jonathan N. GrauerPEDIATRIC PAIN MANAGEMENT38-1Shu-Ming Wang and Rae Ann KingsleyPAIN MANAGEMENT IN DRUG ABUSINGAND ADDICTED PATIENTS39-1Yasser F. Shaheen and Aziz M. RazzukPAIN MANAGEMENT IN THE ELDERLY40-1Amir Baluch, Alan D. Kaye, and Muhammad AnwarPRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN’S GUIDETO PAIN MANAGEMENT41-1Winnie SuenTENTS XVIINURSING ASPECTS OF PAIN MANAGEMENT42-1Srisuda Ngamkham, Nusara Prasertsri, and Diana J. WilkieOROFACIAL PAIN43-1Amarender VadiveluEMERGENCIES IN THE PAIN CLINIC44-1Harkirat Singh Chahal and Richard D. UrmanIMPAIRMENT AND DISABILITYEVALUATION45-1Richard D. Urman