Intrathecal Drug Delivery for Pain and Spasticity Premium Edition (Interventional and Neuromodulatory Techniques for Pain Management, Vol. 2)

DESCRIPTION

Intrathecal Drug Delivery for Pain and Spasticity - a volume in the new Interventional and Neuromodulatory Techniques for Pain Management series - presents state-of-the-art guidance on the full range of intrathecal drug delivery techniques performed today. Asokumar Buvanendran, MD and Sudhir Diwan, M.D., M.S offer expert advice on a variety of procedures to treat chronic non-malignant pain, cancer pain, and spasticity. Comprehensive, evidence-based coverage on selecting and performing these techniques - as well as weighing relative risks and complications - helps you ensure optimum outcomes. With access to the fully searchable text at www.expertconsult.com, you'll have the detailed visual assistance you need right at your fingertips.

KEY FEATURES

• Understand the rationale and scientific evidence behind intrathecal drug delivery techniques and master their execution.
• Optimize outcomes, reduce complications, and minimize risks by adhering to current, evidence-based practice guidelines.
• Apply the newest techniques in intrathecal pump placement, cancer pain management, use of baclofen pumps, and compounding drugs.
• Quickly find the information you need in a user-friendly format with strictly templated chapters supplemented with illustrative line drawings, images, and treatment algorithms.
• Access the fully searchable contents online at expertconsult.com.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• SECTION I: General Considerations
• Chapter 1: Basic Science of Spinal Receptors
• Chapter 2: Pharmacologic Agents and Compounding of Intrathecal Drugs
• Chapter 3: Polyanalgesia for Implantable Drug Delivery Systems
• Chapter 4: Principles of Patient Management for Intrathecal Analgesia
• Chapter 5: Patient Selection for Intrathecal Infusion to Treat Chronic Pain
• Chapter 6: Patient Preparation
• Chapter 7: Psychological Considerations in IDD
• Chapter 8: Intrathecal Drug Delivery: Medical Necessity, Documentation, Coding and Billing
• SECTION II: Implant Devices
• Chapter 9: Methods of Trials for Consideration of ITDDS
• Chapter 10: Techniques of Implant Placement for Intrathecal Pumps
• Chapter 11: Programmable versus Fixed-Rate Pumps for Intrathecal Drug Delivery
• Chapter 12: SynchroMed EL vs SynchroMed II
• Chapter 13: Minimizing the Risks of Intrathecal Therapy
• Chapter 14: Complications Associated with Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems
• SECTION III: Evidence-based practice
• Chapter 15: Management of ITDDS in Patients with Co-Morbidities
• Chapter 16: Cost-Effectiveness of Implanted Drug Delivery Systems
• Chapter 17: Neuroaugmentation by Stimulation vs. Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems
• Chapter 18: Anticoagulation guidelines and Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems
• Chapter 19: Intrathecal Therapy for Malignant Pain
• SECTION IV: ITDDs for spasticity
• Chapter 20: Intrathecal Baclofen Trialing
• Chapter 21: Baclofen Pump Management
• SECTION V: Future of ITDDs
• Chapter 22: Future of Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems (including new devices)
• Chapter 23: Trialing for Ziconotide Intrathecal Analgesic Therapy
• Chapter 24: Perioperative Management of Patients with ITDDS

AUTHORS

By Asokumar Buvanendran, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL; Sudhir Diwan, Director of Pain Medicine,Department of Anesthesiology,Director of Quad-Institutional Pain Medicine Fellowship Program,Weill Cornell Medical College and Timothy Deer, MD, President and CEO, The Center for Pain ReliefClinical Professor of Anesthesiology,West Virginia University School of MedicineCharleston, West Virginia