The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of

The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Pain Management Contents......Page 2
Foreword......Page 7
Preface......Page 8
1 Neural Basis of Pain......Page 9
2 Pain Mechanisms and Their Importance in Clinical Practice and Research......Page 15
3 The Placebo Effect......Page 18
4 The History and Clinical Examination......Page 21
5 Diagnostic Imaging and Pain Management......Page 25
6 Assessment of Pain......Page 30
7 Neurophysiologic Testing in Pain Management......Page 36
8 Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs......Page 39
9 Opioids......Page 45
10 Adjuvant Treatments......Page 54
11 Psychopharmacology for the Pain Specialist......Page 59
12 Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures in Pain Management......Page 65
13 Interventional Treatment for Chronic Pain......Page 81
14 Neurosurgical Interventions for Chronic Pain......Page 88
15 Psychosocial and Behavioral Approaches......Page 92
16 Physical Therapy......Page 97
17 Physical Medicine in the Treatment of Pain......Page 100
18 Acupuncture......Page 104
19 Chronic Pain Rehabilitation......Page 107
20 Radiotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals for Cancer Pain......Page 111
21 Postoperative Pain in Adults......Page 114
22 Postoperative Pain in Children......Page 122
23 Pain in Burn Patients......Page 129
24 Pain Management in Sickle Cell Disease......Page 131
25 Neuropathic Pain Syndromes......Page 135
26 Complex Regional Pain Syndromes......Page 142
27 Back and Neck Pain......Page 147
28 Headache......Page 153
29 Facial Pain......Page 161
30 Opioid Therapy in Chronic Nonmalignant Pain......Page 168
31 Pain in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome......Page 172
32 Pain in Adults with Cancer......Page 177
33 Control of Pain in Children with Chronic and Terminal Disease......Page 183
34 Palliative Medicine......Page 187
35 Chronic Opioid Therapy, Drug Abuse, and Addiction......Page 191
36 Pain and Affective Disorders......Page 195
37 Emergencies in the Pain Clinic......Page 198
Definitions and Abbreviations......Page 202
Appendix I......Page 204
Appendix II IASP Classification of Chronic Pain Syndromes......Page 205
Appendix III Useful Addresses and Web Sites......Page 210
Appendix IV Standards of Treatment: The American Pain Society\'s Quality Assurance Standards for Relief of Acute and Cancer Pain......Page 216
Appendix V Massachusetts General Hospital Pain Center Guidelines on Prescribing Controlled Substances for Patients with Nonmalignant Chronic Disease......Page 217
Appendix VI Guidelines for the Prescription of Controlled Substances Issued by the Drug Enforcement Agency......Page 218
Appendix VII Food and Drug Administration State Drug Schedules......Page 219
Appendix VIII Drugs Commonly Used in Pain Practice......Page 220