Complications in Pain Medicine
Complications in Pain Medicine James P. Rathmell Complications arise in the course of any type of medical treatment, and the common interventions used to treat acute and chronic pain are…
New Horizons
New Horizons Allan I. Basbaum This chapter occupies the same concluding position as the late Pat Wall’s essay on “new horizons” in the prior edition. Although it is now more…
Treatment of Cancer Pain: Role of Neural Blockade and Neuromodulation
Treatment of Cancer Pain: Role of Neural Blockade and Neuromodulation Allen W. Burton Phillip C. Phan Michael J. Cousins Epidemiology Cancer Almost 1.4 million Americans were newly diagnosed with cancer…
Palliative Care and Pain Control in Older Persons and Those with Terminal Illness
Palliative Care and Pain Control in Older Persons and Those with Terminal Illness Perry G. Fine The recent and rapidly growing emphasis on optimizing quality of life throughout the course…
The Treatment of Pain in Older Patients
The Treatment of Pain in Older Patients Robert D. Helme Julia A. Fleming This chapter summarizes strategies applicable to the pain management, including neural blockade, in older patients. Whereas acute…
The Treatment of Pain in Neonatal and Pediatric Patients
The Treatment of Pain in Neonatal and Pediatric Patients Constance S. Houck Joseph D. Tobias Mary Ellen Tresgallo K. J. S. Anand William S. Schechter During the preceding 50 years,…
Spinal Pain and the Role of Neural Blockade
Spinal Pain and the Role of Neural Blockade James P. Rathmell Carlos A. Pino Shihab Ahmed Low back pain is a nonspecific term, typically used to refer to pain that…
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Including Applications of Neural Blockade
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Including Applications of Neural Blockade Andreas Binder Ralf Baron The term complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) describes a variety of painful conditions following injury that appears…
Percutaneous Neural Destructive Techniques
Percutaneous Neural Destructive Techniques David Niv Michael Gofeld History The idea of relieving intractable pain by severing a nerve as if it were a rope connecting an injured part with…
Acute Pain Management and Acute Pain Services
Acute Pain Management and Acute Pain Services Pamela E. Macintyre David A. Scott The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines pain in general as “an unpleasant sensory…
