Chronic pain is a very common problem, impacting on many patients. Assessmentand management can be challenging. The ABC of Pain focuses on the pain management issues often encountered in primary care.Covering major chronic pain presentations, such as musculoskeletal pain, low back pain and neuropathic pain, the ABC of Pain also provides guidance on the management of pain in pregnancy, children, older adults, drug dependency and the terminally ill. Beginning withan overview of the epidemiology of chronic pain, pain mechanisms and the assessment of pain, it then provides practical guidance on interventional procedures and methods of effective pain management. The ABC of Pain is a comprehensive, evidence-based reference. It is ideal for GPs, junior doctors, nurse specialists in primary care, palliative care specialists, and also hospital and hospice staff managing chronically and terminally ill patients. INDICE: ContributorsPreface1 Epidemiology of Chronic PainBlair H. Smith and Nicola Torrance2 Pain MechanismsCarole Torsney and Susan Fleetwood-Walker3 Evaluation of the patient in pain>Dennis C. Turk and Kimberly S. Swanson4 Chronic Musculoskeletal PainPaul Dieppe5 Management of Low Back PainLesley A. Colvin and James Campbell6 Neuropathic PainLesley A. Colvin and Suzanne Carty7 Visceral PainJames Maybin and Michael G. Serpell8 Post-surgical PainSusan Nimmoand Lesley Dickson9 Headache and Orofacial PainAnne MacGregor and Joanna M Zakrzewska10 Cancer PainMarie Fallon11 Treating pain in patients with drug-dependence problemsJane C. Ballantyne12 Pain in ChildrenSuellen M Walker13 Pain in Older AdultsDebra K. Weiner14 Pain in PregnancyGeorge R Harrison15 Psychological Aspects of Chronic PainDavid Gillanders16 Interventional procedures in painmanagementDominic Hegarty and Damian Murphy17 The role of Physiotherapy in Pain ManagementPaul J. Watson18 The role of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) in pain managementMark I. Johnson19 Complementary and Alternative StrategiesMargaret Cullen and Fiona MacPherson20 Opioids in chronic non-malignant painEija KalsoIndex
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-7621-7
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 128
- Fecha Publicación: 25/05/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés