ISBN
9781405176217
作者/出版社
Colvin/Wiley-Blackwell
出版年代/版次
2012/1
重量:0.4kg 頁數:112 裝訂:平裝 開數:27.6*22 印刷:彩色
Description
Chronic pain is a very common problem, impacting on many patients. Assessment and management can be challenging. The ABC of Pain focuses on the pain management issues often encountered in primary care.
Covering major chronic pain presentations, such as musculoskeletal pain, low back pain and neuropathic pain, the ABC of Pain also provides guidance on the management of pain in pregnancy, children, older adults, drug dependency and the terminally ill. Beginning with an overview of the epidemiology of chronic pain, pain mechanisms and the assessment of pain, it then provides practical guidance on interventional procedures and methods of effective pain management.
The ABC of Pain is a comprehensive, evidence-based reference. It is ideal for GPs, junior doctors, nurse specialists in primary care, palliative care specialists, and also hospital and hospice staff managing chronically and terminally ill patients.
Table of Contents
Contributors, vii
Preface, ix
1 Epidemiology of Chronic Pain, 1
Blair H Smith and Nicola Torrance
2 Pain Mechanisms, 5
Carole Torsney and Susan Fleetwood-Walker
3 Evaluation of the Patient in Pain, 11
Dennis C Turk and Kimberly S Swanson
4 Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain, 16
Paul Dieppe
5 Management of Low Back Pain, 20
James Campbell and Lesley A Colvin
6 Neuropathic Pain, 25
Lesley A Colvin and Suzanne Carty
7 Visceral Pain, 31
James Maybin and Michael G Serpell
8 Post-surgical Pain, 37
Susan Nimmo and Lesley Dickson
9 Headache and Orofacial Pain, 42
Anne MacGregor and Joanna M Zakrzewska
10 Cancer Pain, 48
Marie Fallon
11 Treating Pain in Patients with Drug-dependence Problems, 54
Jane C Ballantyne
12 Pain in Children, 60
Suellen M Walker
13 Pain in Older Adults, 65
Debra K Weiner
14 Pain in Pregnancy, 69
George R Harrison
15 Psychological Aspects of Chronic Pain, 73
David Gillanders
16 Interventional Procedures in Pain Management, 79
Dominic Hegarty and Damian Murphy
17 The Role of Physiotherapy in Pain Management, 86
Paul J Watson
18 The Role of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) in Pain Management, 91
Mark I Johnson
19 Complementary and Alternative Strategies, 99
Margaret Cullen and Fiona MacPherson
20 Opioids in Chronic Non-malignant Pain, 103
Eija Kalso
Index, 109