Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 318 g
Reihe: Key Topics
Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 318 g
Reihe: Key Topics
ISBN: 978-1-85996-076-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Key Topics in Chronic Pain is designed to help the professional understand the working of the chronic pain clinic, its patients and its treatments. Separate chapters describe the various clinical pain syndromes commonly encountered and their management. Emphasis is placed on the management of conditions as recommended by randomised controlled trials. Key Topics in Chronic Pain is invaluable for professionals and for students preparing for the FRCA examinations.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction - evidence-based medicine in pain management; Assessment of chronic pain - history; Assessment of chronic pain - physical; Assessment of chronic pain - psychosocial; Back pain - assessment and medical management; Back pain - injections; Benign nociceptive pain - drug treatments; Botulinum toxin - haemagglutinin complex; Cancer - intrathecal and epidural infusions; Cancer - nerve blocks; Cancer - non-opioid drugs; Cancer - opioid drugs; Cancer pain - mechanisms and pathology; Cannabinoids; Central post-stroke pain; Complex regional pain syndromes 1 and 2; Conduct of the pain clinic; Depression and pain; Digestive tract syndromes; Facial pain; Headache; Immunodeficiency disease and pain; Ketamine; Mechanisms in nociception; Mechanisms in peripheral and central neuropathic pain; Migraine; Multiple sclerosis; Musculoskeletal pain syndromes; Neck pain; Nerve blocks - autonomic; Nerve blocks - somatic; Neuromata and post-incisional pain; Neuropathic pain - drug treatments; Neurosurgery and Pain; Osteoporosis - generalized adult; Pelvic (gynaecological) and urinary tract pain; Peripheral neuropathies and neuralgias; Post-amputation pain; Post-herpetic neuralgia; Psychological management of chronic pain; Spinal cord injury and pain; Stimulation analgesia - spinal cord, deep brain and motor cortex stimulation; Stimulation analgesia - TENS, TSE and acupuncture; Sympathetic nervous system and pain; Trigeminal neuralgia; Glossary; Index
