Anesthesiology and Pain Management

Mechanisms of Substance P-Mediated Nociception and Opioid-Mediated Antinociception.- Spinal Cord Neuronal Plasticity: Mechanisms of Persistent Pain Following Tissue Damage and Nerve Injury.- Local Anesthetic Pharmacology.- Pain Research and Basic Science: Pain and the Sympathetic Nervous System.- Local Anesthesia Toxicity.- Effect of Postoperative Pain on Surgical Stress Response.- Postoperative Pain Assessment and Choice of Methods of Treatment.- Patient-Controlled Analgesia (Part I): Historical Perspective.- Problems in the Management of Postoperative Pain.- Patient-Controlled Analgesia (Part II): An Update On Clinical Usage.- Organization and Operation of an Acute Pain Service.- Role of Non-Opioid Analgesics in the Peri-Operative Period.- Effect of Postoperative Pain on Surgical Outcome.- Postoperative Pain Management in Children.- Preemptive Analgesia.- The Spinal Route Of Analgesia: Opioids and Future Options.- Problems of Pain Measurement in Children.- Post Spinal Cord Injury Pain: Mechanisms and Treatment Options.- Prevention of Post-Herpetic Neuralgia.- Opioids in the Management of Non-Malignant Chronic Pain.- Epidural Steroids.- Multidisciplinary Evaluation and Management of Chronic Pain.- Cancer Pain Syndromes.- Managing the Unmanageable.- Issues in Opioid Therapy for the Treatment of Cancer Pain.- Neurolytic Blocks—Current Status in the Treatment of Cancer and Chronic Pain.- Chronic Pain Management in Children.- Alternative Drug Delivery Systems.- Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia.