This medical atlas-textbook explains and demonstrates the mechanisms, diagnosis, location and syndromes of pain and pain therapy. It is designed for healthcare professionals in all areas of medicine, surgery and nursing, and for all allied health professionals. The book covers the epidemiology and costs of pain, pain in cancer patients, mechanisms of pain, assessment of pain, diagnostic measures that include physical examination, CAT and MRI scans and myelography, electron myography and nerve condition velocity and thermography, back pain, headaches, pelvic pain, chest pain, pain syndromes, and modern pain therapy using systemic medications, biofeedback, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, physical therapy, nerve blocks, epidural catheter, intrathecal systems and spinal cord stimulation.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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colour illustrations, index
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978-1-85070-911-4 (9781850709114)
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Introduction: epidemiology of pain; costs; cancer pain. Part 1 Mechanisms of pain: pain transmission; ascending pathway; descending pathway; receptors and synapses in substantia gelatinosa; the GATE theory of pain. Part 2 Assessment of pain: visual analog scale; pain drawing; McGill pain questionnaire; psychometric testing. Part 3 Diagnostic measures: physical examination; radiological studies; electron myography/nerve conduction velocity; thermography. Part 4 Pain by anatomical location: back pain; headaches; pelvic pain; chest pain. Part 5 Pain syndromes: post-herpetic neuralgia; complex regional pain syndrome; myofascial pain; cancer pain. Part 6 Modern pain therapy: systemic medications; non-invasive techniques; nerve blocks; implantable technologies.
