| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 288 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Secrets series |
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Secrets series.
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| Contents |
I. Overview. Definitions -- Classification of pain -- Basic mechanisms -- Topiceuticals -- II. Clinical approach. History taking in the patient with pain -- Physical examination of the patient with pain -- Pain measurement -- Psychological assessment of chronic patients -- III. Clinical syndromes defined by pain. Neuroimaging in the patient with pain -- Tension-type headache -- Migraine -- Cluster headache -- The paroxysmal hemicranias -- Subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Brain tumor headaches -- Increased and decreased intracranial pressure -- Temporal giant cell arteritis -- Headaches associated with systemic disease -- Trigeminal neuralgia -- Glossopharyngeal and other facial neuralgias -- Low back pain -- Neck and arm pain -- Abdominal pain -- Chronic pelvic pain -- Fibromyalgia and myofascial pain -- IV. Syndromes in which pain is a significant component. Postoperative pain management -- Cancer pain syndrome -- Pain in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis -- Neuropathic pain -- V. Psychological syndromes -- VI. Special patient populations. Pain in children -- Pain in the older patient -- VII. Pharmacologic management. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs -- Opioid analgesics -- Addiction and pain management -- Regulatory issues -- Adjuvant analgesics -- VIII. Nonpharmologic management. Temporary neural blockade -- Permanent neural blockade and chemical ablation -- Sympathetic neural blockade -- Intraspinal opioids -- Neurostimulatory and neuorablative pocedures -- Psychological constructs and treatment interventions -- Physical modalities: adjunctive treatments to reduce pain and maximize function -- Pain clinics -- Interventional pain management -- Complementary and alternative medicine |
| Summary |
"For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Pain Management Secrets, 4th Edition, features the Secrets' popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, and an easy-to-read style - making reference and review quick, easy, and enjoyable"--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Revised edition of: Pain management secrets / [edited by] Charles E. Argoff and Gary McCleane. 3rd ed. ©2009 |
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Online resource; title from electronic title page (R2 Digital Library, viewed January 3, 2017) |
| Subject |
Pain -- Miscellanea
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Analgesia -- Miscellanea
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Palliative treatment.
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Pain Management
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Palliative Care
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Palliative treatment
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Analgesia
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Pain
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| Genre/Form |
miscellanies.
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Trivia and miscellanea
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Examinations
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Examinations.
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Trivia and miscellanea.
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Miscellanées.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Argoff, Charles E., editor
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Dubin, Andrew, author
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Pilitsis, Julie, author
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| ISBN |
9780323413862 |
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0323413862 |
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9780323277914 |
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0323277918 |
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