Chronic Pain A Primary Care Guide to Practical Management /

• Main Author: Marcus, Dawn A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2009.
• Series: Current Clinical Practice
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Internal medicine.; Pain medicine.; Primary care (Medicine).; Medicine & Public Health.; Pain Medicine.; Internal Medicine.; General Practice / Family 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, Second Edition, leading pain specialist Dawn A. Marcus, MD, again offers practical, clear, and succinct evidence-based approaches to the diagnos...

Table of Contents:

• Chronic Pain and Headache Overview
• Summary of Pain Management Issues: Frequent Concerns in Treating Chronic Pain Patients
• Risk Management in Chronic Pain Practice
• Pathogenesis
• Physiology of Chronic Pain
• Common Chronic Pain Conditions
• Headache
• Neck and Upper Extremity Pain
• Back and Lower Extremity Pain
• Abdominal Pain
• Arthritis
• Neuropathic Pain
• Myofascial Pain
• Fibromyalgia
• Cancer Pain
• Special Groups
• Pediatric Pain
• Pregnancy and Pain
• Geriatrics and Chronic Pain
• Gender and Ethnic Differences in Pain Experience
• Chronic Pain Treatment
• Lifestyle and Psychological Issues
• Analgesics and Opioids
• Managing Pain at End of Life
• Appendices: Patient Educational Materials.