Pain Management Secrets

Overview 1. Definitions 2. Classification of Pain 3. Basic Mechanisms II Clinical Approach 4. History Taking in the Patient with Pain 5. Physical Examination of the Patient in Pain 6. Pain Measurement 7. Psychological Assessment of Chronic Pain Patients III Clinical Syndromes Defined by Pain 8. Tension-Type Headache 9. Migraine 10. Cluster Headache 11. The Paroxysmal Hemicranias 12. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 13. Brain Tumor Headaches 14. Increased and Decreased Intracranial Pressure 15. Temporal (Giant Cell) Arteritis 16. Headaches Associated with Systemic Disease 17. Trigeminal Neuralgia 18. Glossopharyngeal and Other Facial Neuralgias 19. Low Back Pain 20. Neck and Arm Pain 21. Abdominal Pain 22. Chronic Pelvic Pain 23. Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain IV Syndromes in which Pain Is a Significant Component 24. Postoperative Pain Management 25. Cancer Pain Syndromes 26. Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis 27. Neuropathic Pain V Psychological Syndromes 28. Psychological Syndromes VI Special Patient Populations 29. Pain in Children 30. Pain in the Elderly VII Pharmacologic Management 31. Nonsteroidal Anti- Inflammatory Drugs 32. Opioid Analgesics 33. Addiction and Pain Management 34. Regulatory Issues 35. Adjuvant Analgesics VIII Nonpharmacologic Management 36. Temporary Neural Blockade 37. Permanent Neural Blockade and Chemical Ablation 38. Sympathetic Neural Blockade 39. Intraspinal Opioids 40. Neurostimulatory and Neuroablative Procedures 41. Psychological Constructs and Treatment Interventions 42. Physiatric Modalities in Pain Management 43. Pain Clinics