The essential companion to the Textbook of Pain, this book provides the pain specialist and trainee with an easy-to-access overview on the management complexities, assessment tools and multiple treatment modalities that are currently available to the physician dealing with the full spectrum of pain syndromes. The emphasis throughout is on the clinical aspects of pain medicine. It contains the core information that the practitioner and trainee needs.
Each chapter is brief and succinctly written, with key information provided in accessible tables and summary charts. The book is divided into two main sections: clinical states (acute, chronic and cancer pain) and therapeutic aspects (pharmacological, surgical, physiotherapy, psychotherapy) - and it presents a rational, multidisciplinary approach to the management of pain.
Dr. Steven Waldman, a globally recognised expert in pain management, presents this unique and innovative solution to the problem of imparting clinical expertise. This clearly presented ‘do-it-yourself’ guide will help assist in the accurate diagnosis of over 300 conditions through their physical signs and symptoms. Six hundred illustrations and a multimedia DVD-ROM loaded with video-clips ensures that each and every technique is easy to understand and apply.
The Year Book of Anesthesiology and Pain Management brings you abstracts of the articles that reported the year's breakthrough developments in anesthesiology, carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to your practice. Topics included: pregnancy and transient neurologic symptoms; informed consent for labor epidurals; analgesic effects of alphadolone; abdominal pain and chronic pancreatitis; analgesia for back and knee injuries. The Year Book of Anesthesiology and Pain Management is published annually in November.