The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Pain Management

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Section I. General Considerations

</li><li>Neurophysiological Basis of Pain
Gary J. Brenner

</li><li>Pain Mechanisms and Their Importance in Clinical Practice and Research
Isabelle Decosterd and Clifford J. Woolf

</li><li>The Placebo Effect
Eija Kalso

Section II. Diagnosis of Pain

</li><li>The History and Clinical Examination
Jan Slezak and Asteghik Hacobian

</li><li>Diagnostic Imaging and Pain Management
Onassis Caneris

</li><li>Assessment of Pain
Alyssa LeBel

</li><li>Neurophysiologic Testing in Pain Management
Annabel Edwards and Lisa Krivickas

Section III. Therapeutic Options: Pharmacologic Approaches

</li><li>Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs
Steven Barna

</li><li>Opioids
Jeffrey Uppington

</li><li>Adjuvant Treatments
Karla Hayes

</li><li>Psychopharmacology for the Pain Specialist
Daniel Rockers and Karla Hayes

Section IV. Therapeutic Options: Nonpharmacologic Approaches

</li><li>Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures in Pain Management
Milan Stojanovic

</li><li>Neuromodulation Techniques for the Treatment of Pain
Milan Stojanovic

</li><li>Neurosurgical Pain Management
Ramin Amirnovin, G. Rees Cosgrove, and Emad Eskandar

</li><li>Psychological Assessment and Behavioral Treatment of Chronic Pain
Ronald J. Kulich and Lainie Andrew

</li><li>Physical Therapy
Teresa Michel and Harriet Wittink

</li><li>Physical Medicine in the Treatment of Pain
Joseph Audette

</li><li>Acupuncture
May Pian-Smith

</li><li>Chronic Pain Rehabilitation
Elizabeth Loder and Pat McAlary

</li><li>Radiotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals for Cancer Pain
Thomas F. DeLaney

Section V. Acute Pain

</li><li>Postoperative Pain in Adults
Katharine Fleischmann and Elizabeth Ryder

</li><li>Postoperative Pain in Children
Lucy Chen

</li><li>Pain in Burn Patients
Salahadin Abdi

</li><li>Pain Management in Sickle Cell Disease
Jatinder Gill

Section VI. Chronic Pain

</li><li>Neuropathic Pain Syndromes
Dennis Dey and Anne Louise Oaklander

</li><li>Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Daniela Hord

</li><li>Back & Neck Pain (Diagnosis)
Shihab Ahmed and James Rathmell

</li><li>Back Pain (Management)
Zahid Bajwa and Thomas Simopoulos

</li><li>Headache
Mike Cutrer and David Black

</li><li>Facial Pain
Martin Acquadro and Alexandre DeSilva

</li><li>Opioid Therapy in CNTP
Jane Ballantyne and Jianren Mao

</li><li>Pain in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Andrew Rice

Section VII. Pain Due to Cancer

</li><li>Pain in Adults with Cancer
Daniela Hord and Annabel Edwards

</li><li>Control of Pain in Children with Chronic and Terminal Disease
Alyssa LeBel and Karla Hayes

</li><li>Palliative Medicine
J Andrew Billings

Section VIII. Special Situations

</li><li>Chronic Opioid Therapy, Drug Abuse and Addiction
Jane Ballantyne and David Gastfriend

</li><li>Pain and Affective Disorders
Dan Rockers and Scott Fishman

</li><li>Emergencies in the Pain Clinic
Asi Hacobian and Milan Stojanovic

</li></ol>Drug Appendix
Del Black and Gary Brenner