Chronic Pain (eBook)

A Primary Care Guide to Practical Management

Dawn Marcus (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2007 | 2005
352 Seiten
Humana Press (Verlag)
978-1-59259-882-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Patients with chronic pain present a unique set of challenges to the primary care clinician. In Chronic Pain: A Primary Care Guide to Practical Management, leading pain specialist Dawn A. Marcus, MD, offers practical, clear, and succinct evidence-based approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of the myriad of painful conditions clinicians see in their offices every day, such as headache, back pain, arthritis, fibromyalgia, and abdominal pain. Using an engaging case-based approach, the author simplifies the often complex care of patients with chronic pain by providing practical strategies for targeting important symptoms, establishing realistic treatment goals, and efficiently and effectively managing patients. Clinic-friendly instructional sheets (questionnaires, diaries, and chart documentation tools) can be copied directly from the book and used for both education and the monitoring of therapeutic compliance and response. Importantly, Dr. Marcus offers all of these practical applications in the context of the busy office practice. The author also presents invaluable guidelines for prescribing medications and nonmedicative therapies, and provides descriptions, illustrations, and diagnostic criteria to help identify specific, commonly occurring syndromes that produce chronic pain. Additional features include sections on opioid therapy and on chronic pain in special patient groups such as children and adolescents, pregnant women, and geriatrics. Also included is a value-added compact disk containing a companion ebook version of the book for downloading and use in the reader's computer or PDA, and continuing medical education (CME) questions that provide the opportunity to acquire 5 AMA/PRA category 1 CME credits from the American Society of Contemporary Medicine and Surgery. Comprehensive and case-oriented, Chronic Pain: A Primary Care Guide to Practical Management offers busy health care providers a practice-friendly approach to assessing and managing the often complex and time-consuming problems of chronic pain.

Inhalt

Series Editor’s Introduction 6
Preface 8
Contents 10
Continuing Medical Education 12
Value-Added eBook/PDA 14
Introduction 15
Chronic Pain and Headache 16
Summary of Pain Management Issues 23
Pathogenesis 26
Pathogenesis of Chronic Pain 27
Common Chronic Pain Conditions 40
Headache 41
Cervical and Lumbar Pain 63
Abdominal Pain 83
Arthritis 98
Neuropathic Pain 118
Myofascial Pain 137
Fibromyalgia 153
Special Groups 171
Pediatric Pain 172
Pregnancy and Pain 190
Geriatrics and Chronic Pain 206
Gender and Ethnic Issues in Chronic Pain 223
Comorbid Conditions 239
Psychological Comorbidity 240
Obesity and Chronic Pain 256
Opioids 270
Opioids in Chronic Pain 271
Appendices 291
Appendix A 295
Appendix B 299
Appendix C 304
Appendix D 306
Appendix E 307
Index 321

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.11.2007
• Reihe/Serie: Current Clinical Practice
• Reihe/Serie: Current Clinical Practice
• Zusatzinfo: 352 p. 127 illus.
• Verlagsort: Totowa
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Schmerztherapie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Schlagworte: Care • chronic pain • Diagnosis • Geriatrics • Management • medical education • Medicine • Obesity • Pain • pain management • Pregnancy • Primary Care • Risk Management • therapy • Treatment
• ISBN-10: 1-59259-882-X / 159259882X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-59259-882-3 / 9781592598823