The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Pain Management

Section I. General Considerations


Neurophysiological Basis of Pain
Gary J. Brenner


Pain Mechanisms and Their Importance in Clinical Practice and Research
Isabelle Decosterd and Clifford J. Woolf


The Placebo Effect
Eija Kalso

Section II. Diagnosis of Pain


The History and Clinical Examination
Jan Slezak and Asteghik Hacobian


Diagnostic Imaging and Pain Management
Onassis Caneris


Assessment of Pain
Alyssa LeBel


Neurophysiologic Testing in Pain Management
Annabel Edwards and Lisa Krivickas

Section III. Therapeutic Options: Pharmacologic Approaches


Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs
Steven Barna


Opioids
Jeffrey Uppington


Adjuvant Treatments
Karla Hayes


Psychopharmacology for the Pain Specialist
Daniel Rockers and Karla Hayes

Section IV. Therapeutic Options: Nonpharmacologic Approaches


Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures in Pain Management
Milan Stojanovic


Neuromodulation Techniques for the Treatment of Pain
Milan Stojanovic


Neurosurgical Pain Management
Ramin Amirnovin, G. Rees Cosgrove, and Emad Eskandar


Psychological Assessment and Behavioral Treatment of Chronic Pain
Ronald J. Kulich and Lainie Andrew


Physical Therapy
Teresa Michel and Harriet Wittink


Physical Medicine in the Treatment of Pain
Joseph Audette


Acupuncture
May Pian-Smith


Chronic Pain Rehabilitation
Elizabeth Loder and Pat McAlary


Radiotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals for Cancer Pain
Thomas F. DeLaney

Section V. Acute Pain


Postoperative Pain in Adults
Katharine Fleischmann and Elizabeth Ryder


Postoperative Pain in Children
Lucy Chen


Pain in Burn Patients
Salahadin Abdi


Pain Management in Sickle Cell Disease
Jatinder Gill

Section VI. Chronic Pain


Neuropathic Pain Syndromes
Dennis Dey and Anne Louise Oaklander


Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Daniela Hord


Back & Neck Pain (Diagnosis)
Shihab Ahmed and James Rathmell


Back Pain (Management)
Zahid Bajwa and Thomas Simopoulos


Headache
Mike Cutrer and David Black


Facial Pain
Martin Acquadro and Alexandre DeSilva


Opioid Therapy in CNTP
Jane Ballantyne and Jianren Mao


Pain in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Andrew Rice

Section VII. Pain Due to Cancer


Pain in Adults with Cancer
Daniela Hord and Annabel Edwards


Control of Pain in Children with Chronic and Terminal Disease
Alyssa LeBel and Karla Hayes


Palliative Medicine
J Andrew Billings

Section VIII. Special Situations


Chronic Opioid Therapy, Drug Abuse and Addiction
Jane Ballantyne and David Gastfriend


Pain and Affective Disorders
Dan Rockers and Scott Fishman


Emergencies in the Pain Clinic
Asi Hacobian and Milan Stojanovic



Drug Appendix
Del Black and Gary Brenner