Chronic Pain A Primary Care Guide to Practical Management /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Marcus, Dawn A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2005.
• Series: Current Clinical Practice
• Subjects: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Primary care (Medicine).; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; Primary Care Medicine.

Patients with chronic pain present a unique set of challenges to the primary care clinician. In Chronic Pain: A Primary Care Guide to Practical Management, leading pain specialist Dawn A. Marcus, MD, offers practical, clear, and succinct evidence-based approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of th...

Table of Contents:

• Chronic Pain and Headache
• Summary of Pain Management Issues
• Pathogenesis
• Pathogenesis of Chronic Pain
• Common Chronic Pain Conditions
• Headache
• Cervical and Lumbar Pain
• Abdominal Pain
• Arthritis
• Neuropathic Pain
• Myofascial Pain
• Fibromyalgia
• Special Groups
• Pediatric Pain
• Pregnancy and Pain
• Geriatrics and Chronic Pain
• Gender and Ethnic Issues in Chronic Pain
• Comorbid Conditions
• Psychological Comorbidity
• Obesity and Chronic Pain
• Oplioids
• Opioids in Chronic Pain.