Practical Management of Pain

Professor Emeritus of AnesthesiologyAssociate Chair for Academic Affairs and PromotionsNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicago, Illinois John & Emma Bonica Endowed Chair for Anesthesiology and Pain Research Department of Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineUW Medicine University of Washington Seattle, Washington Executive Director, Pain Service Line Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Translational Neuroscience and Public HealthDirector, Pain Outcomes LabCo-Director, NIH-HEAL MIRHIQL CenterWake Forest University of MedicineWinston-Salem, North Carolina Kasumi Arakawa Professor of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative MedicineDirector, Fibromyalgia and Centralized Pain Exploration LabUniversity of Kansas Medical CenterKansas City, KS

"Overall, the book provides a high-quality and comprehensive approach to educating its audience on the broad realm of pain. It is particularly strong in providing updated content and a perspective that brings pain management into the context of society and the potential future." ©Doody's Review Service, 2022, Efime Popovitz, B.S, M.D (Yale School of Medicine)

• SECTION 1: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONSChapter 1: History Is a Distillation of RumorChapter 2: Classification of Acute Pain and Chronic Pain SyndromesChapter 3: Organizing an Inpatient Acute Pain ServiceChapter 4: Interdisciplinary Pain ManagementChapter 5: The Healthcare Policy of Pain ManagementChapter 6: Quality Assessment, Improvement, and Patient Safety in Pain ManagementChapter 7: Education, Training, and Certification in Pain MedicineSECTION 2: BASIC CONSIDERATIONSChapter 8: Neurophysiology of Pain: Peripheral, Spinal, Ascending, and Descending PathwaysChapter 9: Neurochemistry of NociceptionChapter 10: Neuroimaging TechniquesChapter 11: Individual Differences in Experience and Treatment of Pain: Race, Ethnicity, and SexChapter 12: Communication and Clinician Relationships to Improve Care for Patients With Chronic PainChapter 13: Pharmacogenetics in Pain ManagementChapter 14: Psychosocial and Psychiatric Aspects of Chronic PainChapter 15: Comprehensive Approach to Evaluating Patients With Chronic PainChapter 16: Mechanism-Based Treatment and Precision MedicineChapter 17: Placebo and Nocebo Effects in Clinical Trials and Clinical PracticeSECTION 3: CLINICAL EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENTChapter 18: History and Physical Examination of the Patient With PainChapter 19: Electromyography and Evoked PotentialsChapter 20: Radiologic Assessment of Patient With Spine PainChapter 21: Biomarkers of Pain: Quantitative Sensory Testing, Conditioned Pain Modulation, Punch Skin BiopsyChapter 22: Psychological and Behavioral AssessmentChapter 23: Disability AssessmentSECTION 4: CLINICAL CONDITIONS: EVALUATION AND TREATMENTChapter 24: Chronic Post-surgical Pain Syndromes: Prediction and Preventive AnalgesiaChapter 25: Evaluation and Pharmacologic Treatment of Postoperative PainChapter 26: Regional and Multimodal Treatments of Perioperative PainChapter 27: Evaluation and Treatment of Postoperative Pain in Patients With Opioid Use DisorderChapter 28: Evaluation and Treatment of Acute Pain in ChildrenChapter 29: Low Back Pain DisordersChapter 30: Buttock and Sciatica PainChapter 31: Facet Pain: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and TreatmentChapter 32: Neurosurgical Approaches to Pain ManagementChapter 33: Evaluation and Treatment of Cancer-Related PainChapter 34: Evaluation and Treatment of Neuropathic Pain SyndromesChapter 35: Evaluation and Treatment of Complex Regional Pain SyndromeChapter 36: Evaluation and Treatment of Pain in Selected Neurologic DisordersChapter 37: Chronic Widespread PainChapter 38: Headache ManagementChapter 39: Cervicogenic Headache, Post-meningeal Puncture Headache, and Spontaneous Intracranial HypotensionChapter 40: Orofacial PainChapter 41: Visceral PainChapter 42: Pelvic PainChapter 43: Pediatric Chronic Pain ManagementChapter 44: Geriatric Pain ManagementChapter 45: Managing Pain During Pregnancy and LactationChapter 46: Rheumatologic ConditionsChapter 47: Pain Management in Patients With ComorbiditiesSECTION 5: PHARMACOLOGIC, PSYCHOLOGIC, AND PHYSICAL MEDICINE TREATMENTS AND ASSOCIATED ISSUESChapter 48: Major Opioids and Chronic Opioid TherapyChapter 49: Minor Analgesics: Non-Opioid and Opioid FormulationsChapter 50: The U.S. Opioid Crisis and the Legal and Legislative ImplicationsChapter 51: Evaluation for Opioid Management: Opioid Misuse Assessment Tools and Drug Testing in Pain ManagementChapter 52: Pain and Addictive Disorders: Challenge and OpportunityChapter 53: Anti-depressantsChapter 54: Adjunct Medications for Pain ManagementChapter 55: Skeletal Muscle RelaxantsChapter 56: Cannabinoids for Pain ManagementChapter 57: Topical AnalgesicsChapter 58: Psychological Approaches in Pain ManagementChapter 59: Evidence-Based Rehabilitation Approaches to Acute and Chronic Pain ManagementChapter 60: Physical Rehabilitation for Patients With Chronic PainChapter 61: The Integrative Approach to Pain ManagementChapter 62: Patient Education and Self-ManagementSECTION 6: NEURAL BLOCK AND INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUESChapter 63: Neurolytic Agents, Neuraxial Neurolysis, and Neurolysis of Sympathetic Axis for Cancer PainChapter 64: Head and Neck BlocksChapter 65: Interlaminar and Transforaminal Therapeutic Epidural InjectionsChapter 66: Radiofrequency TreatmentChapter 67: Pain Interventions for the Knee, Hip, and ShoulderChapter 68: Myofascial Injections and Fascial Plane Blocks for Perioperative and Chronic Pain ManagementChapter 69: Minimally Invasive Procedures for Vertebral Compression FracturesChapter 70: Biopsychosocial Pre-screening for Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation DevicesChapter 71: Spinal Cord Stimulation, Peripheral Nerve Stimulation, Restorative Neurostimulation, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Motor Cortex StimulationChapter 72: Intrathecal Drug DeliveryChapter 73: Radiation Safety and Radiographic Contrast AgentsChapter 74: Infection and Anticoagulation Considerations in Pain ProceduresSECTION 7: PAIN MANAGEMENT IN SPECIAL SITUATIONS AND SPECIAL TOPICSChapter 75: Pain Management in Primary CareChapter 76: Pain Management in the Emergency DepartmentChapter 77: Management of Pain in Sickle Cell DiseaseChapter 78: Burn PainChapter 79: Pain Evaluation and Management in Patients With Limited Ability to Communicate Because of DementiaChapter 80: Disparities in Pain Care: Descriptive Epidemiology-Potential for Primary PreventionChapter 81: Pain Management in the Critically Ill PatientChapter 82: Pain Management at the End of Life and Home Care for the Terminally Ill PatientSECTION 8: RESEARCH, ETHICS, HEALTHCARE POLICY, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN PAIN MANAGEMENTChapter 83: Clinical Trial Design Methodology and Data Analytic Strategies for Pain Outcome StudiesChapter 84: Outcome Domains and Measures in Acute and Chronic Pain Clinical TrialsChapter 85: Ethical Issues in Pain ResearchChapter 86: Treatment Development: Directions and Areas in Need of Investigation