基本説明
'Essentials' version of Wall's Textbook of Pain.
Full Description
The essential companion to the Textbook of Pain, this book provides the pain specialist and trainee with an easy-to-access overview on the management complexities, assessment tools and multiple treatment modalities that are currently available to the physician dealing with the full spectrum of pain syndromes. The emphasis throughout is on the clinical aspects of pain medicine. It contains the core information that the practitioner and trainee needs.
Each chapter is brief and succinctly written, with key information provided in accessible tables and summary charts. The book is divided into two main sections: clinical states (acute, chronic and cancer pain) and therapeutic aspects (pharmacological, surgical, physiotherapy, psychotherapy) - and it presents a rational, multidisciplinary approach to the management of pain.Designed for concise, quick reference
Provides core information needed for accurate diagnosis and management of patients
Accessible and affordable introduction to pain medicine
Edited by Melzack & Wall themselves - giving reassurance that the information is from a knowledgeable and trusted source
Suitable as a recommended text for pain specialists in training
Contents
SECTION 1 - CLINICAL PAIN STATES
Soft tissue, joints and bones
Acute and postoperative pain
Michael Cousins, Ian Power
Osteoarthritis
Paul Creamer
Rheumatoid arthritis
Malcolm I V Jayson
Muscles, tendons and ligaments
Dianne J Newham, Kerry R Mills
Chronic back pain
Donlin M Long
Upper extremity pain
Anders E Sola
Fibromyalgia
Robert M Bennett
Deep and visceral pain
Abdominal pain
Laurence M Blendis
Heart, vascular and haemopathic pain
Paolo Procacci, Massimo Zoggi, Marco Maresca
Chronic pelvic pain
Andrea J Rapkin
Obstetric pain
John S McDonald
Genitourinary pain
Ursula Wesselmann, Arthur L Burnett
Head
Orofacial pain
Yair Sharav
Trigeminal, eye and ear pain
Joanna M Zakrozwska
Headache
Jean Schoenen, Peter S Sándor
Nerve and root damage
Phantom pain and other phenomena after amputation
Troels Scaehelin Jensen, Lone Nikolajsen
Peripheral neuropathies
J W Scadding
Complex regional pain syndrome
J W Scadding
Nerve root disorders and arachnoiditis
David Dubuisson
Central nervous system
Central pain
Jörgen Boivie
Spinal cord injury
Aleksander Beric
Pain and psychological medicine
Harold Merskey
SECTION 2 - THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES
Pharmacology
Antipyretic (non-narcotic) analgesics
Kay Brune, Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer
Psychotropic drugs
Richard Monks, Harold Merskey
Opioids
Robert G Twycross
Local anaesthetics and epidurals
H J McQuay, RA Moore
Atypical analgesic drugs and sympathetic blockers
R Munglani, R G Hill
Surgery
Disc surgery
Erik Spangfort
Orthopaedic surgery
Robert F McLain, James N Weinstein
Central neurosurgery
Jan M Gybels, Ron R Tasker
Stimulation
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, vibration and acupuncture as
pain-relieving measures
Per Hansson, Thomas Lundeberg
Spinal cord and brain stimulation
Brian A Simpson
Physical therapies
Ultrasound, shortwave, microwave, laser, superficial heat and cold in the
treatment of pain
Justus F Lehmann, Barbara J de Lateur
Mobilization, manipulation, massage and exercise for the relief of
musculoskeletal pain
Scott Haldeman, Paul D Hooper
Psychological therapies
The placebo and the placebo response
Patrick D Wall
Relaxation and biofeedback
Barton A Jessup, Xochitl Gallegos
Hypnosis
Nicholas P Spanos, Sharon J Carmanico, Jacqueline A Ellis
A cognitive-behavioral approach to pain management
Dennis C Turk, Akiko Okifuji
Behavioral therapy
Francis J Keefe, John C Lefebvre
Prevention of disability due to chronic musculoskeletal pain
Steven James Linton
SECTION 3 - SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
Age and sex difference
Pain in children
Charles B Berde, Bruce Masek
Pain in the elderly
Lucia Gagliese, Joel Katz, Ronald Melzack
Sex and gender differences in pain
Karen J Berkley, Anita Holdcroft
Neuropathic and burn pain
Peripheral neuropathic pain: an approach to management
Howard L Fields, Ralf Baron, Michael C Rowbotham
Pain of burns
Manon Choinière
Cancer pain
Cancer pain: principles of assessment and syndromes
Nathan I Cherny, Russell K Portenoy
Practical issues in the management of cancer pain
Nathan I Cherny, Russell K Portenoy
Cancer pain and palliative care in children
Charles B Berde, John J Collins
Cancer: psychiatric and ethical issues
William Breithart, Steven D Passik, Barry D Rosenfeld
Pain and impending death
Cicely M Saunders, Michael Platt
