Raj's Practical Management of Pain

Professor of Anesthesiology Senior Associate Chair for Academic Affairs Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chief, Division of Pain Medicine Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL

Part I: General Considerations (H.T. Benzon and J. Rathmell, editors) 1. The History of Pain Medicine, Winston C.V. Parris and Benjamin Johnson 2. Taxonomy and Classification of Chronic Pain Syndromes, Harold Merskey 3. Organizing an Inpatient Acute Pain Management Service, Beth M. Minzter and Alex Cahana 4. Pain Medicine Practice: Development of Outpatient Services for Chronic Pain, David Walega 5. Health Care Policy, Quality Improvement, and Patient Safety in Pain Medicine Practice, Douglas G. Merrill 6. Education, Training, and Certification in Pain Medicine, James P. Rathmell and David L. Brown Part II. Basic Considerations (D. Turk and C. Argoff, editors) 7. Pain Pathways: Peripheral, Spinal, Ascending, and Descending Pathways, Karin N. Westlund High 8. A Review of Pain-Processing Pharmacology, Tony L. Yaksh 9. Pain and Brain Changes, A.V. Apkarian Part III. Evaluation and Assessment (C. Argoff and J. Rathmell, editors) 10. History and Physical Examination of the Pain Patient, Irfan Lalani and Charles E. Argoff 11. Electromyography and Evoked Potentials, Bernard M. Abrams and Howard J. Waldman 12. Radiologic Assessment of the Patient with Spine Pain, Timothy P. Maus 13. Psychological and Behavioral Assessment, Alicia Heapy and Robert D. Kerns Part IV. Clinical Conditions (H.T. Benzon and C. Wu, editors)