Ramamurthy's Decision Making in Pain Management

Description

This new edition provides clinicians with the latest advances in the identification, diagnosis and management of acute and chronic pain conditions and syndromes.

Beginning with an overview of pain evaluation, the next chapters explain acute and chronic pain. The following chapters examine different types of pain including cancer, thoracic, lower back, head and neck, and more.

Each chapter has been fully revised and the third edition features many new topics, including a complete chapter dedicated to opioid pharmacology.

Authored by recognised Texas-based experts in the field, the text is presented in a clear, algorithmic approach, enhanced by clinical photographs and figures.

Key points

Fully revised, third edition presenting latest advances in diagnosis and management pain

• Features many new topics including a chapter on opioid pharmacology
• Authored by recognised Texas-based experts in the field
• Previous edition (9780323019743) published in 2006

Author information 

Ameet Nagpal MD
Department of Anaesthesiology, The University of Texas San Antonio, USA

Miles Day MD
Department of Anaesthesiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Centre, USA

Maxim S Eckmann MD
Department of Anaesthesiology, The University of Texas San Antonio, USA

Brian Boies MD
Department of Anaesthesiology, The University of Texas San Antonio, USA

Larry C Driver MD
Department of Pain Medicine, Division of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre, USA