Deer / Leong / Gordin Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical Approaches

the AMERICAN ACADEMY of PAIN MEDICINE Textbook on Patient Management
2015
ISBN: 978-1-4939-1818-8
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 219 Seiten, eBook

From reviews of Deer, eds., Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches:"Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches is a major textbook...[I]t should be a part of all departmental libraries and in the reference collection of pain fellows and pain practitioners.  In fact, this text could be to pain as Miller is to general anesthesia."                                 Journal of Neurosurgical AnesthesiologyEdited by master clinician-experts appointed by the American Academy of Pain Medicine, this is a soft cover version of the Medical section of the acclaimed Deer, eds., Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches. It is intended as a primary reference for busy clinicians who seek up-to-date and authoritative information about medical approaches to treating chronic pain.Clinically focused resource on the medical management of chronic painLeading edge topics, such as monitoring opioid use and abuse, the emerging role of cannabinoids in pain treatment, and the systems involved in nociceptive processing systems"Key Points" preview contents of each chapter

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Deer, Timothy R.

Leong, Michael S.

Gordin, Vitaly

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. A Survey of Systems Involved in Nociceptive Processing.- 2. Pharmacogenomics of Pain Management.- 3. Nonsteroidal Anti-in?ammatory Drugs.- 4. The Role of Antidepressants in the Treatment of Chronic Pain.- 5. Anticonvulsant Medications for Treatment of Neuropathic and “Functional” Pain.- 6. NMDA Receptor Antagonists in the Treatment of Pain.- 7. Role of Muscle Relaxants in the Treatment of Pain.- 8. Topical Analgesics.- 9. Sleep Aids.- 10. Clinical Use of Opioids.- 11. Opioid Adverse Effects and Opioid-Induced Hypogonadism.- 12. Acute Management of the Opioid-Dependent Patient.- 13. Opioids and the Law.- 14. Methadone for Chronic Pain.- 15. Toxicology Screening for Opioids.- 16. Monitoring Drug Use and Abuse: The Evolution of a Paradigm.- 17. Polypharmacy and Drug Interaction.- 18. Role of Cannabinoids in Pain Management.- 19. The Future of Pain Pharmacotherapy.

Über Autor(innen)

Timothy S. Deer, MDEditor-in-ChiefPresident and CEOThe Center for Pain ReliefCharleston, WV USAClinical Professor of AnesthesiologyWest Virginia University School of MedicineCharleston, WV USA  Michael S. Leong, MDAssociate Editor-in-ChiefClinic ChiefStanford Pain Management CenterRedwood City, CA USAClinical Assistant ProfessorDepartment of AnesthesiologyStanford University School of MedicineStanford, CA USA Vitaly Gordin, MDAssociate Editor, Medical Approaches Associate ProfessorAssociate Vice Chair of Pain ManagementDepartment of AnesthesiologyPennsylvania State University College of MedicineHershey, PA USA Director, Pain Medicine Milton S. Hershey Medical CenterHershey, PA USA