INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Similar to treatments that carry substantial risks and must be used with great care, the drug group collectively known as opioid analgesics can be therapeutically desirable…
OVERVIEW Print Section Listen GENERAL DATA AND INFORMATION Regional anesthesia (often called peripheral nerve blockade) involves injecting a volume of local anesthetic in specific locations around nerves that supply various…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The basic principles of the diagnosis and management of pain syndromes are similar across all clinical settings. Details of the application of these principles, however, can…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen By late middle age 5% of men and women will have developed peripheral arterial disease and within 5 years 25% of these will develop pain at…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Children may experience a variety of recurrent chronic pain, such as headache or abdominal pain. Chronic pain is more common in children than persistent pain and…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The prognosis of cancer in children has improved dramatically over the past 40 years. Unlike many adult cancers, pediatric malignancies are often responsive to initial aggressive…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Over the past two decades, there has been significant progress in the understanding of neuroanatomy, physiology, and the pharmacology of analgesics in children, which has led…
OVERVIEW Print Section Listen As our knowledge increases regarding the health benefits of exercise, more and more people attempt to stay healthy and physically fit with sports-related activities. As a…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The heart asks pleasure first, And then, excuse from pain.—Emily Dickinson Ischemic pain affects millions of people worldwide. It is a detriment to quality of life…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Ever since Claude Bernard implicated the sympathetic nervous system in sensation, its role in nociception has been the subject of debate.1 No one would argue with…
