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Handbook of Pain Management,

Edition 1 A Clinical Companion to Textbook of Pain

By Ronald Melzack, OC, FRSC, PhD and Patrick D. Wall, FRS, DM, FRCP

Publication Date: 04 Aug 2003

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The essential companion to the Textbook of Pain, this book provides the pain specialist and trainee with an easy-to-access overview on the management complexities, assessment tools and multiple treatment modalities that are currently available to the physician dealing with the full spectrum of pain syndromes. The emphasis throughout is on the clinical aspects of pain medicine. It contains the core information that the practitioner and trainee needs.

Each chapter is brief and succinctly written, with key information provided in accessible tables and summary charts. The book is divided into two main sections: clinical states (acute, chronic and cancer pain) and therapeutic aspects (pharmacological, surgical, physiotherapy, psychotherapy) - and it presents a rational, multidisciplinary approach to the management of pain.

Key Features

Designed for concise, quick reference

Provides core information needed for accurate diagnosis and management of patients

Accessible and affordable introduction to pain medicine

Edited by Melzack & Wall themselves - giving reassurance that the information is from a knowledgeable and trusted source

Suitable as a recommended text for pain specialists in training

About the author

By Ronald Melzack, OC, FRSC, PhD, E. P. Taylor Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada and Patrick D. Wall, FRS, DM, FRCP, Professor Emeritus of Physiology, St Thomas’s Hospital, London, UK

SECTION 1 - CLINICAL PAIN STATES
Soft tissue, joints and bones

Acute and postoperative pain
Michael Cousins, Ian Power
Osteoarthritis
Paul Creamer
Rheumatoid arthritis
Malcolm I V Jayson
Muscles, tendons and ligaments
Dianne J Newham, Kerry R Mills
Chronic back pain
Donlin M Long
Upper extremity pain
Anders E Sola
Fibromyalgia
Robert M Bennett

Deep and visceral pain

Abdominal pain
Laurence M Blendis
Heart, vascular and haemopathic pain
Paolo Procacci, Massimo Zoggi, Marco Maresca
Chronic pelvic pain
Andrea J Rapkin
Obstetric pain
John S McDonald
Genitourinary pain
Ursula Wesselmann, Arthur L Burnett

Head

Orofacial pain
Yair Sharav
Trigeminal, eye and ear pain
Joanna M Zakrozwska
Headache
Jean Schoenen, Peter S Sándor

Nerve and root damage

Phantom pain and other phenomena after amputation
Troels Scaehelin Jensen, Lone Nikolajsen
Peripheral neuropathies
J W Scadding
Complex regional pain syndrome
J W Scadding
Nerve root disorders and arachnoiditis
David Dubuisson

Central nervous system

Central pain
Jörgen Boivie
Spinal cord injury
Aleksander Beric
Pain and psychological medicine
Harold Merskey

SECTION 2 - THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES
Pharmacology

Antipyretic (non-narcotic) analgesics
Kay Brune, Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer
Psychotropic drugs
Richard Monks, Harold Merskey
Opioids
Robert G Twycross
Local anaesthetics and epidurals
H J McQuay, RA Moore
Atypical analgesic drugs and sympathetic blockers
R Munglani, R G Hill

Surgery

Disc surgery
Erik Spangfort
Orthopaedic surgery
Robert F McLain, James N Weinstein
Central neurosurgery
Jan M Gybels, Ron R Tasker

Stimulation

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, vibration and acupuncture as
pain-relieving measures
Per Hansson, Thomas Lundeberg
Spinal cord and brain stimulation
Brian A Simpson

Physical therapies

Ultrasound, shortwave, microwave, laser, superficial heat and cold in the
treatment of pain
Justus F Lehmann, Barbara J de Lateur
Mobilization, manipulation, massage and exercise for the relief of
musculoskeletal pain
Scott Haldeman, Paul D Hooper

Psychological therapies

The placebo and the placebo response
Patrick D Wall
Relaxation and biofeedback
Barton A Jessup, Xochitl Gallegos
Hypnosis
Nicholas P Spanos, Sharon J Carmanico, Jacqueline A Ellis
A cognitive-behavioral approach to pain management
Dennis C Turk, Akiko Okifuji
Behavioral therapy
Francis J Keefe, John C Lefebvre
Prevention of disability due to chronic musculoskeletal pain
Steven James Linton

SECTION 3 - SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
Age and sex difference

Pain in children
Charles B Berde, Bruce Masek
Pain in the elderly
Lucia Gagliese, Joel Katz, Ronald Melzack
Sex and gender differences in pain
Karen J Berkley, Anita Holdcroft

Neuropathic and burn pain

Peripheral neuropathic pain: an approach to management
Howard L Fields, Ralf Baron, Michael C Rowbotham
Pain of burns
Manon Choinière

Cancer pain

Cancer pain: principles of assessment and syndromes
Nathan I Cherny, Russell K Portenoy
Practical issues in the management of cancer pain
Nathan I Cherny, Russell K Portenoy
Cancer pain and palliative care in children
Charles B Berde, John J Collins
Cancer: psychiatric and ethical issues
William Breithart, Steven D Passik, Barry D Rosenfeld
Pain and impending death
Cicely M Saunders, Michael Platt

Book Reviews

"This clinical companion should form part of the library for all pain services and would be extremely useful in the recovery room for all grades of staff. This volume is crammed with easy to understand tables and figures that would be useful for teaching purposes" Felicia Cox, British Journal of Perioperative Nursing, June 2004

ISBN: 9780443072017

Page Count: 768

Illustrations : 200 ills.

Retail Price : £87.99

Raj, Practical Management of Pain 3e, 0815125690, 2,000, Mosby. 1,008pp, $160. This text focuses more on the "how to" aspects of pain management and therapy.
Waldman, Interventional Pain Management 2e, 0721687482, WB Saunders, 800pp $150. Like the Raj, this text also emphasises the practical aspects of pain management techniques and treatment-in depth coverage of how to administer neural blocks.

Specialists and trainees in pain medicine, Anesthesiologists, Neurologists, Psychologists, Physical Therapists