Practical Management of Pain

Professor Emeritus of AnesthesiologyAssociate Chair for Academic Affairs and PromotionsNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicago, Illinois John & Emma Bonica Endowed Chair for Anesthesiology and Pain Research Department of Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineUW Medicine University of Washington Seattle, Washington Executive Director, Pain Service Line Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Translational Neuroscience and Public HealthDirector, Pain Outcomes LabCo-Director, NIH-HEAL MIRHIQL CenterWake Forest University of MedicineWinston-Salem, North Carolina Kasumi Arakawa Professor of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative MedicineDirector, Fibromyalgia and Centralized Pain Exploration LabUniversity of Kansas Medical CenterKansas City, KS

• 1     The History of Pain Medicine2     Classification of Acute Pain and Chronic Pain Syndromes3     Organizing an Inpatient Acute Pain Service4     Interdisciplinary Outpatient Pain Care5     Healthcare Policy, Access, Resource Availability, Billing Reimbursement, and Legal Issues in Pain Management6     Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in Pain Management7      Education and Training in Pain and Certification in Pain Medicine8      Neurophysiology of Pain: Peripheral, Spinal, Ascending, and Descending Pathways9       A Review of Pain-Processing Pharmacology10     Neuroimaging Techniques11     Individual Differences in the Experience and Treatment of Pain: Race, Ethnicity, Sex, and Gender12     COMMUNICATION AND CLINICAL RELATIONSHIPS TO IMPROVE CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PAIN13     Genetics in Pain and Pain Management14     Psychosocial and Psychiatric Aspects of Chronic Pain15     Comprehensive Approach to the Assessment of Patients Experiencing Pain and Its Impact16     Mechanism-Based Treatment and Precision Medicine17     Placebo and Nocebo Effects in Clinical Trials and Clinical Practice18     History and Physical Examination of the Patient with Pain19     Electrodiagnostic Techniques in Pain Medicine20     Radiologic Assessment of the Patient with Pain21     Biomarkers of Pain: Quantitative Sensory Testing, Conditioned Pain Modulation, Punch Skin Biopsy22     Psychological and Behavioral Assessment23     Disability Assessment 24     Preemptive Analgesia and Prevention of Chronic Pain Syndromes after Surgery24     Postoperative Pain25     Evaluation and Pharmacologic Treatment of Postoperative Pain26     Regional and Multimodal Treatments of Perioperative Pain27     Evaluation and Treatment of Postoperative Pain in Patients with Opioid Use Disorders28     Evaluation and Treatment of Acute Pain in Children29     Low Back Pain Disorders30     Buttock and Sciatica Pain31     Facet Pain: Pathogenesis, Facet Joint Injections, Medical Branch Blocks, Radiofrequency Rhizotomy32     Neurosurgical Management of Pain33     Evaluation and Treatment of Cancer-Related Pain34     Evaluation and Treatment of Neuropathic Pain Syndromes35     Evaluation and Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome36     Evaluation and Treatment of Pain in Selected Neurological Disorders37     Central Post-Stroke Pain37     Phantom Pain37     Spinal Cord Injury Pain37     Chronic Widespread Pain38     Headache: Migraine, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Tension-type, and Other Chronic Headaches39     Cervicogenic Headache, Postdural Puncture Headache, and Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension40     Orofacial Pain41     Visceral Pain42     Pelvic Pain43     Pediatric Chronic Pain Management44     Geriatric Pain Management45     Pain Management During Pregnancy and Lactation46     Rheumatologic Disorders47     Pain in Patients with Medical Comorbidities48     Major Opioids and Chronic Opioid Therapy49     Minor Analgesics50     The U.S. Opioid Crisis and the Legal and Legislative Implications51     Evaluation for Opioid Management: Opioid Misuse Assessment Tools and Drug Testing in Pain Management52     Comorbid Pain and Addiction Disorders: Mechanisms and Treatment53     Antidepressants54     Adjunct Medications for Pain Management54     Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Agents/COX-2 Inhibitors55     Skeletal Muscle Relaxants56     Cannabinoids for Pain Management57     Topical Analgesics57     Neuraxial Agents for Intraspinal Drug Delivery57     Pharmacology for the Interventional Physician58     Psychological Approaches in Pain Management59     Physical Medicine Modalities in Pain Management60     Physical Rehabilitation for Patients with Chronic Pain61     Complementary Approaches to Pain Management62     Patient Education and Self-Management63     Neurolytic Agents, Neuraxial Neurolysis, and Neurolysis of Sympathetic Axis for Cancer Pain64     Head and Neck Blocks65     Interlaminar and Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections66     Radiofrequency Treatment 67     Hip and Knee Pain: Intraarticular Injections and Radiofrequency Treatment67     Sacroiliac Joint Injection, Lateral Branch Blocks, and Radiofrequency Treatment68     Neurolysis of Sympathetic Axis for Cancer Pain68     Muscle Injections: Trigger Point, Piriformis, IIipsoas/Quadratus Lumborum, and Scalene Muscle Injections69     Minimally Invasive Procedures for Vertebral Compression Fractures70     BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL PRE-SCREENING FOR SPINAL CORD AND PERIPHERAL NERVE STIMULATION DEVICES 71     Spinal Cord, DRG, and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation72     Intrathecal Pumps73     Upper Extremity Blocks73     Lower Extremity Blocks73     Radiation Safety and Radiographic Contrast Agents74     Anticoagulation and Infection Considerations in Pain Procedures74     Truncal Blocks75     Pain Management in Primary Care75     Discography76     Intradiscal Procedures: Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET), Nucleoplasty, Decompressor76     Pain Management in the Emergency Room77     Joint injections77     Management of Pain in Sickle Cell Disease78     Burn Pain79     Pain Evaluation and Management in Patients with Limited Ability to Communicate Due to Dementia80     Disparities in Pain Management81     Pain Management in the Critically III Patient 81     The Health Implications of Disparities in Cancer and Pain Care: Unequal Burdens and Unheard Voices 82     Pain Management at the End of Life and Home Care for the Terminally Ill Patient83     Home Care83     Clinical Trial Methodology for Acute Pain Research84     Clinical Trial Methodology for Chronic Pain Outcome Studies85     Ethics of Research in Adult and Pediatric Patients with Pain86     Directions and Areas in Need of Investigation87     Test

"Overall, the book provides a high-quality and comprehensive approach to educating its audience on the broad realm of pain. It is particularly strong in providing updated content and a perspective that brings pain management into the context of society and the potential future." ©Doody's Review Service, 2022, Efime Popovitz, B.S, M.D (Yale School of Medicine)