Short description:

Offers advice on the assessment and treatment of pain. This volume discusses the basic principles of pain, its diagnosis, the recognition of red flags indicating a greater risk of serious causes and yellow flags indicating a greater risk of developing more chronic pain, and the evidence-based management of a variety of conditions.

Long description:

This prestigious text offers the most up-to-date advice on the assessment and treatment of pain. Derived from the highly acclaimed journals Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology and Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology, this fully updated volume discusses the basic principles of pain, its diagnosis, the recognition of 'red' flags indicating a greater risk of serious causes and 'yellow' flags indicating a greater risk of developing more chronic pain, and the evidence-based management of a variety of conditions. Illustrated throughout, the book draws upon the expertise of some of the World's leading experts in the field, providing a publication that gives a truly international perspective to the management of pain.

• Full reference to the latest clinical research
• New chapters on limb pain and Science and psychology of pain
• Cochrane Reviews, when relevant
• boxed and bulleted Research Agenda and Practice Points
• Reference to national and international guidelines

Table of Contents:

1 Introduction1Bridging the gap between pain management as a speciality and rheumatologyHarald Breivik and Michael Shipley2 Science & psychology of pain2Science and psychology of painJohan W.S. Vlaeyen, Geert Crombez and Liesbet Goubert3What are the mechanisms of chronic pain?Bruce L. Kidd3 Assessment4Assessment of pain in patients with rheumatic diseasesTuulikki Sokka5Assessment of neuropathic painEllen J?rum6Diagnostic nerve blocks in chronic painNikolai Bogduk4 Spinal Pain7Neck painRobert Ferrari and Anthony S. Russell8Low back painMaurits van Tulder, Bart Koes and Claire BombardierLow back pain from a clinical point of viewAage Indahl9Self-care techniques for acute episodes of low back painSherri Weiser, Marco A. Campello, Margareta Nordin and Markus Pietrek10Advances with analgesics and NSAIDs for the treatment of spinal disordersJ. A. Desmeules, V. Rollason, C. Cedraschi, V. Piguet, A.-F. Allaz and Pierre Dayer11The contribution of psychosocial factors to long-term disability and work lossAmanda C de C Williams and Nicholas Kendall12Steroid injections: effect on pain of spinal originLes Barnsley, Mary McLoone and Andrew Baranowski13Radiofrequency procedures in chronic pain Nikolai Bogduk and Susan M Lord5 Regional Pain14Clinical examination as a tool for identifying the origin of regional musculoskeletal painBernard Fouquet15Limb painMichael Shipley16Diagnosing regional pain: the view from primary carePeter Croft17Injection therapies for soft-tissue disordersCathy Speed18Treatment options for regional musculoskeletal pain: what is the evidence?Krysia Dziedzic, Joanne L. Jordan, Julius Sim and Elaine M. Hay19Fibromyalgia: Interdisciplinary approachPeter Keel20Efficacy of rehabilitative therapy in regional musculoskeletal conditions: An updateEdwin Yoshiyuki Hanada6 Chronic widespread pain21The epidemiology of chronic generalized musculoskeletal painJan Tore Gran21An update on the epidemiology of chronic generalized musculoskeletal pain in the light of recent publicationsKarin Forseth22Chronic widespread pain (CWP) and fibromyalgia (FM)Richard E. Harris and Daniel J. Clauw23Pharmacological therapies in fibromyalgia (chronic widespread pain)Srinivas G. Rao and Robert M. Bennett7 Acute and postoperative pain24How to implement an acute postoperative pain service - an updateHarald Breivik, Michele Curatolo, Geir Niemi, H?kon Haugtomt, Gunnvald Kvarstein, Luis Romundstad and Audun Stubhaug25The effect of postoperative epidural analgesia on perioperative morbidity and mortalityChristopher L. Wu and Matthew D. Caldwell26Prevention and treatment of hyperalgesia and persistent neuropathic pain after surgeryAudun Stubhaug and Harald Breivik8 Management strategies27Pain management and quality in healthcareLesley A. Colvin and Ian Power28Drug combinations in pain treatment: A review of the published evidence and methods to find optimal combinationsGorazd Sveticic and Michele Curatolo29How do we manage chronic pain?Hans-Georg Schaible and Horacio Vanegas30Recommendations for using opioids in chronic non-cancer pain Eija Kalso, Laurie Allan, Paul L.I. Dellemijn, Clara C. Faura, Wilfried K. Ilias, Troels S. Jensen, Serge Perrot, Leon H. Plaghki and Michael ZenzUpdateLeon Plaghki