ABSTRACT

The Third Edition of this best-selling guide to the Key Topics in Chronic Pain has now expanded its remit to include material on acute pain management also. In addition, the existing material has been completely updated to reflect new activity in the field of anti-inflammatory drugs and physiotherapy, amongst other topics.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction: What are pain services?

chapter |8 pages

Anatomy and physiologya

chapter |7 pages

Applying evidence in clinical practiceb

chapter |3 pages

Assessment of chronic pain – history

chapter |6 pages

BACK PAIN – INJECTIONS

chapter |6 pages

Back pain – medical managementc

chapter |8 pages

Back pain – surgery 48

chapter |2 pages

BURNS

chapter |6 pages

CANCER PAIN – DRUGS

chapter |4 pages

CHEST PAIN

chapter |9 pages

Complex regional pain syndromesd

chapter |4 pages

DEPRESSION AND PAIN

chapter |6 pages

FACIAL PAIN

chapter |8 pages

HEADACHE

chapter |2 pages

IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISEASE AND PAIN

chapter |2 pages

IRRITABLE BOWEL AND OESOPHAGEAL PAIN

chapter |4 pages

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

chapter |4 pages

MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN SYNDROMES

chapter |5 pages

NECK PAIN

chapter |3 pages

NERVE BLOCKS IN CANCER PAIN MANAGEMENT

chapter |6 pages

Nerve blocks – local anaestheticsf

chapter |4 pages

NERVE BLOCKS – SYMPATHETIC SYSTEM

chapter |3 pages

NEURALGIA AND PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY

chapter |3 pages

NEURALGIA – POST HERPETIC

chapter |5 pages

NEUROSURGICAL TECHNIQUES

chapter |2 pages

OSTEOARTHRITIS

chapter |6 pages

PELVIC AND VULVAL PAIN

chapter |7 pages

PREGNANCY

chapter |5 pages

PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENT

chapter |3 pages

PSYCHOSOCIAL MANAGEMENT OF PAIN

chapter |4 pages

Special circumstances – childrenh

chapter |2 pages

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES – THE ELDERLY

chapter |3 pages

SPINAL CORD INJURY

chapter |3 pages

STROKE

chapter |3 pages

SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AND PAIN

chapter |2 pages

THERAPY – ANTIARRHYTHMICS

chapter |2 pages

THERAPY – ANTICONVULSANTS

chapter |2 pages

THERAPY – ANTIDEPRESSANTS

chapter |3 pages

Therapy – anti-inflammatory drugsi

chapter |3 pages

THERAPY – BOTULINUM TOXIN

chapter |2 pages

THERAPY – CANNABINOIDS

chapter |2 pages

THERAPY – CAPSAICIN

chapter |7 pages

Therapy – opioids in chronic painj

chapter |2 pages

Therapy – paracetamolh