Practical Management of Pain

Practical Management of Pain
ISBN-10
0815125690
ISBN-13
9780815125693
Category
Analgesia
Pages
1154
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
Mosby Incorporated
Author
P. Prithvi Raj

Description

PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT OF PAIN presents a comprehensive approach to chronic pain with its practical, concise descriptions of pain evaluation, pain syndromes, rationales for management, and treatment modalities. The book includes commonly seen pain syndromes, including headaches, trunk pain, orofacial pain, back pain, and extremity pain, as well as specific pain syndromes such as postoperative pain, pain due to cancer, phantom pain, and pain in the management of AIDS patients. This book is excellent both for non-specialists who treat the occasional pain patient and for physicians specializing in pain management. The practical approach to pain management is the hallmark of this book Covers all topics necessary for pain physicians to know in their practice Multidisciplinary approach to Pain Management is emphasised Covers in-depth information from the general principles of pain medicine to the specific management of pain syndromes Keeps pace with the rapidly changing and advancing concepts of pain medicine Provides the most current information with the revision of all chapters and the creation of new sections Features over 95 leading authorities, contributing a broad range of ideas and techniques Includes over 100 new illustrations, making techniques and ideas even more clear and easier to repeat in practice Spanish version also available, ISBN: 84-8174-552-9

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