Abc of Pain

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
• Preface

1. Epidemiology of Chronic Pain
   Blair H. Smith and Nicola Torrance
2. Pain Mechanisms
   Carole Torsney and Susan Fleetwood-Walker
3. Evaluation of the patient in pain
   Dennis C. Turk and Kimberly S. Swanson
4. Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
   Paul Dieppe
5. Management of Low Back Pain
   Lesley A. Colvin and James Campbell
6. Neuropathic Pain
   Lesley A. Colvin and Suzanne Carty
7. Visceral Pain
   James Maybin and Michael G. Serpell
8. Post-surgical Pain
   Susan Nimmo and Lesley Dickson
9. Headache and Orofacial Pain
   Anne MacGregor and Joanna M Zakrzewska
10. Cancer Pain
    Marie Fallon
11. Treating pain in patients with drug-dependence problems
    Jane C. Ballantyne
12. Pain in Children
    Suellen M Walker
13. Pain in Older Adults
    Debra K. Weiner
14. Pain in Pregnancy
    George R Harrison
15. Psychological Aspects of Chronic Pain
    David Gillanders
16. Interventional procedures in pain management
    Dominic Hegarty and Damian Murphy
17. The role of Physiotherapy in Pain Management
    Paul J. Watson
18. The role of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) in pain management
    Mark I. Johnson
19. Complementary and Alternative Strategies
    Margaret Cullen and Fiona MacPherson
20. Opioids in chronic non-malignant pain
    Eija Kalso

• Index