Textbook of Pain Management

Section One Basic Aspects: Peripheral and Central. Peripheral Neural Mechanisms of Nociception. Inflammatory Pain. Nociceptive Peripheral Neurons: Cellular Properties. The Pathophysiology of Damaged Peripheral Nerves. The Dorsal Horn: State-Dependent Sensory Processing and the Generation of Pain. Brain Areas Involved in Nociception and Pain. Mechanisms of Cutaneous, Deep and Visceral Pain. Neurobiology of Fetal and Neonatal Pain. Central Pharmacology of Nociceptive Transmission. Neuropathic Pain. Spinal Dorsal Horn Plasticity Following Tissue or Nerve Injury. Central Nervous System Mechanisms of Pain Modulation. Psychological. Emotional Aspects of Pain. Cognitive Aspects of Pain. Measurement. Methods of Assessing Pain in Animals. Measurement and Assessment of Paediatric Pain. Studies of Pain in Normal Man. Pain Measurement in Persons in Pain Section Two Clinical Aspects of Diseases in Which Pain Predominates: Soft Tissue, Joints and Bone. Acute and Postoperative Pain. Osteoarthritis. Rheumatoid Arthritis. Orthopaedic Pain After Trauma. Skeletal Muscle Pain. Low Back Pain: Epidemiology, Anatomy and Neurophysiology. Upper Extremity Pain. Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain Syndromes. Headache. Pain of Burns. Deep and Visceral Pain. Heart and Vascular Pain. Eye Pain. Orofacial Pain. Abdominal Pain. Chronic Gynaecological Pain. Labour Pain. Genitourinary Pain. Nerve and Root Damage. Phantom Pain and Other Phenomena After Amputation. Peripheral Neuropathies. Clinical Manifestations of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy and Sympathetically Maintained Pain. Tic Douloureux and Atypical Face Pain. Nerve Root Damage and Arachnoiditis. Children. Pain Experience in Children: Developmental and Clinical Characteristics. Geriatric. Geriatric Pain. Carcinoma. Cancer Pain: Principles of Assessment and Syndromes. Psychiatric and Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer Pain. Pain and Impending Death. Central Nervous System. Central Pain. Pain and Psychological Medicine Section Three Therapeutic Aspects: Pharmacology. Nonnarcotic Analgesics. Opioids. Psychotropic Drugs. Peripheral Neuropathic Pain: An Approach to Management. Local Anaesthesia and Regional Blocks. Epidural Analgesics. Sympathetic Nerve Blocks in Painful Limb Disorders. Lesions. Root Surgery. Disc Surgery. The Failed Back. Orthopaedic Surgery. Operations in the Brainstem and Spinal Canal, With an Appendix on the Relationship of Open to Percutaneous Cordotomy. Stereotactic Surgery. Pituitary Destruction. Limbic Surgery for Pain. Stimulation. Stimulation Fibre-Induced Analgesia: Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (Tens) and Vibration. Folk Medicine and the Sensory Modulation of Pain. Spinal Cord Stimulation. Brain Stimulation for Relief of Chronic Pain. Physiotherapy. Ultrasound, Shortwave, Microwave Laser, Superficial Heat and Cold in the Treatment of Pain. Manipulation and Massage for the Relief of Back Pain. Movement Education and Limitation of Movement. Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy. Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy and Hormone Therapy: Treatment for Pain. Psychotherapy. The Placebo and the Placebo Response. Pain and Illness Behaviour: Assessment and Management. Relaxation and Biofeedback. A Cognitive-Behavioural Approach to Pain Management. Hypnotic Analgesia. Behaviour Therapy. A Collaborative Model of Care: Patient, Family and Health Professionals. Chronic Pain and Compensation Issues. Pain Management in Children. Alleviating Children's Pain: A Cognitive-Behavioural Approach. Treatment of Pain in Children. Management of Cancer Pain. Practical Issues in the Management of Cancer Pain Index and Medline Abstracts