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Fundamentals of pain medicine : how to diagnose and treat your patients /

"Some patients present with a primary complaint of pain while others complain of pain secondary to a more generalized disease process or procedure. As a healthcare professional, you are trained to diagnose the pathology and then treat it. A patient presents with pneumonia, your work-up supports...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hoppenfeld, J. D. (Jon-David) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, PA : Wolters Kluwer Health, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Symptoms and conditions
  • 1. Musculoskeletal pain : common causes
  • 2. Neuropathic pain
  • 3. Cancer pain
  • 4. Abdominal pain
  • 5. Pelvic pain
  • 6. Podiatric pain, foot and ankle
  • 7. Miscellaneous pain disorders that affect multiple areas of the body
  • 8. Postoperative pain
  • part II. Noninterventional treatments
  • 9. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
  • 10. Acetaminophen (Tylenol)
  • 11. Topical pain medications
  • 12. Muscle relaxants
  • 13. Antidepressant medications used for neuropathic pain
  • 14. Antiseizure medications used for neuropathic pain
  • 15. Opiods
  • 16. Patient-controlled analgesia
  • 17. Epidural catheter analgesia
  • 18. Radiation therapy
  • part III. Interventional treatments
  • 19. Epidural steroid injections
  • 20. Facet joint procedures : facet joint injections, medial branch blocks, and radiofrequency ablation of the medial branches of the spinal nerve roots
  • 21. Sacroiliac joint injections
  • 22. Trigger point injections for myofascial pain
  • 23. Joint and associated bursa injections : shoulders, elboys, hips, and knees
  • 24. Sympathetic blocks : stellate, celiac, lumbar, superior hypogastric and ganglion impar
  • 25. Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty
  • 26. Injections for headache (occipital nerve blocks and botulinum toxin injections)
  • 27. Common nerve blocks
  • 28. Discogenic pain : lumbar discography
  • 29. Implantable pain devices : spinal cord stimulators
  • 30. Implantable pain device : programmable intrathecal pain pumps
  • 31. Percutaneous lumbar disc decompression
  • part IV. Multimodal approach to pain
  • 32. Physical therapy
  • 33. Complementary treatments
  • 34. Chiropractic treatment
  • 35. Avoiding opioid abuse.