Practical Chronic Pain Management

Tariq Malik, MDDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical CareUniversity of ChicagoChicago, IL 60637
USA

1.ABCs of Evaluation of Patient in Chronic Pain.- 2. A 40-Year-Old Woman with Chronic Recurrent Headache (Migraine).- 3. Cluster Headache.- 4. Atypical Facial Pain/Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain.- 5. A 75-Year-Old Woman with Frequent Fleeting Face Pain (Trigeminal Neuralgia).- 6. A Patient with Chronic Pain in the Back of the Head.- 7. A 35-Year-Old Man with Neck Pain Since a Car Accident (Whiplash Injury).-8. A 45-Year-Old Man with Chronic Neck Pain of Insidious Onset.-9. Cervical Spondylosis.-10. A 65-Year-Old Man with Chronic Neck Pain (Cervical Facet Disease).-11. Cervical Radicular Pain.- 12. Temporomandibular Joint.- 13. A 45-Year-Old Patient with Persistent Shoulder Pain (Rotator Cuff Injury).- 14. A 75-Year-Old Man with Chronic Shoulder Pain (Shoulder Arthritis).- 15. A 35-Year-Old Man with Persistent Pain After Hand Injury (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome).- 16. A 75-Year-Old Woman with Hand Grip Weakness.- 17. A 55-Year-Old Woman with Little Finger Numbness and Pain for6 Months.- 18. A 68-Year-Old Man with Chronic Wrist Pain.- 19. A 45-Year-Old Patient with Chronic Chest Wall Pain.- 20. A 45-Year-Old Woman with Persistent Pain After Mastectomy.- 21. Chronic pain and postherpetic neuralgia.- 22. Functional Abdominal Pain (Chronic Abdominal Pain).- 23. A 35-Year-Old Man with Chronic Abdominal Pain (Chronic Pancreatitis).- 24. Pain in the Pelvis.- 25. Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome.- 26. Chronic Pain After Hernia Repair.- 27. A 65-Year-Old Woman with Chronic Hip Pain.- 28. A 75-Year-Old man with Chronic Knee Pain.- 29. A 55-Year-Old Man with Pain After Above Knee Amputation.- 30. A 45-Year-Old Patient Runner with Chronic Sole Pain.- 31. A 33-Year-Old Patient with Persistent Back Pain.- 32. A 55-Year-Old Woman with Leg and Feet Pain.- 33. A 65-Year-Old Man with Leg Pain While Walking.- 34. Lower Back Pain in an Elderly Patient.- 35. A 55-Year-Old Woman with Chronic Gluteal Pain.- 36. A 75-Year-Old Woman with Mid-thoracic Pain (Compression Fracture).- 37. Piriformis Syndrome.- 38. A 25-Year-Old Cyclist with Persistent Perineal Pain.- 39. A 55-Year-Old Patient with Recurrent Pain After Back Surgery.- 40. A 55-Year-Old Diabetic Woman with Feet Pain.- 41. A 35-Year-Old Woman with Whole Body Pain--Fibromyalgia.- 42. A Puzzling Case of Increasing Pain After Chronic Opioid Therapy.- 43. A 65-Year-Old Man with Poor Cancer Pain Control Despite Intrathecal Pump.-44. A 38-Year-Old Woman with Baclofen Withdrawal.- 45. Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy.- 46. A 35-Year-Old Opioid-Tolerant Patient with Uncontrolled Pain after Surgery.