Description |
xv, 317 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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The Secrets series |
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Secrets series.
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Contents |
i. Overview. 1. Definitions -- 2. Classification of pain -- 3. Basic mechanisms. II. Clinical approach. 4. History-taking in the patient with pain -- 5. Physical examination of the patient in pain -- 6. Pain measurement -- 7. Psychological assessment of chronic pain patients. III. Clinical syndromes defined by pain. 8. Tension-type headache -- 9. Migraine -- 10. Cluster headache -- 11. The paroxysmal hemicranias -- 12. Subarachnoid hemorrhage -- 13. Brain tumor headaches -- 14. Increased and decreased intracranial pressure -- 15. Temporal (giant cell) arteritis -- 16. Headaches associated with systemic disease -- 17. Trigeminal neuralgia -- 18. Glossopharyngeal and other facial neuralgias -- 19. Low back pain -- 20. Neck and arm pain -- 21. Abdominal pain -- 22. Chronic pelvic pain -- 23. Fibromyalgia and myofascial pain. IV. Syndromes in which pain is a significant component. 24. Postoperative pain management -- 25. Cancer pain syndromes -- 26. Pain in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis -- 27. Neuropathic pain. V. Psychological syndromes. 28. Psychological syndromes. VI. Special patient populations. 29. Pain in children -- 30. Pain in the elderly. VII. Pharmacologic management. 31. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs -- 32. Opioid analgesics -- 33. Addiction and pain management -- 34. Regulatory issues -- 35. Adjuvant analgesics. VIII. Nonpharmacologic management. 36. Temporary neural blockade -- 37. Permanent neural blockade and chemical ablation -- 38. Sympathetic neural blockade -- 39. Intraspinal opioids -- 40. Neurostimulatory and neuroablative procedures -- 41. Psychological contructs and treatment interventions -- 42. Physiatric modalities in pain management -- 43. Pain clinics -- 44. Interventional pain management -- 45. Complementarty and altaernative medicine |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Pain.
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Analgesia.
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Pain -- Treatment.
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Chronic pain -- Treatment.
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Pain -- Popular works.
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Chronic pain -- Popular works.
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Chronic pain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Pain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Pain -- Miscellanea.
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Analgesia -- Miscellanea.
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Pain Management.
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Pain Management.
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Genre/Form |
Examination Question.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Popular works.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Author |
Kanner, Ronald, 1947-
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LC no. |
2002111146 |
ISBN |
1560534257 |
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