Overview
- Designed to be the go-to for physicians practicing pain medicine or treating pain in Neurosurgery, Orthopedic, Neurology, or Family Practice clinics
- Written by leading experts in the field to be more “accessible” to the reader and designed to be more clinically-focused and useful in day-to-day practice
- Each chapter includes basic and critical knowledge that will be useful for testing, refreshing for a procedure, drug or disease
- Includes dozens of key photos and drawings at the beginning of each chapter to enhance visual learning
- Includes a self-assessment of 4 key questions at the end of each chapter
- Includes pearls for improving knowledge and, when appropriate, outcomes
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Table of contents (102 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Anatomy and Physiology of Pain
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Front Matter
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About this book
Designed and written by a team of clinically established academics, this is a unique book that is an excellent manual for physicians practicing pain medicine or treating pain in neurosurgery, orthopedic, neurology, or family practice clinics. As a practical resource, this book is written to be more accessible to the reader and is designed to be more clinically-focused and useful in day-to-day practice. This 102 chapter volume is divided into seven separate sections: Anatomy and Physiology of Pain, Psychology of Pain, Pharmacological Treatment of Pain, Interventional Treatment of Pain, Adjuvant Therapies for Pain and Suggested Reading. The calculated organization of this book is supplemented by key photos, drawings and a self-assessment of four key questions at the end of each chapter -- thus making it an indispensable, pragmatic resource that will benefit anyone working in the pain management field. Deer's Treatment of Pain: An Illustrated Guide for Practitioners contains pearls for improving knowledge and improving one’s practice as a physician.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Timothy R. Deer, MD, DABPM, FIPP
President and CEO
The Spine and Nerve Center of the Virginias
Charleston, West Virginia
USA
Jason E. Pope MD, DABPM, FIPP
Evolve Restorative Center
Santa Rosa, California
USA
Tim Lamer, MD
Mayo Clinic
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Rochester, Minnesota
USA
David Provenzano, MD
Pain Diagnostics and Interventional Care
Sewickley, Pennsylvania
USA
Timothy R. Deer, MD is the President and CEO of The Center for Pain Relief and Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology at West Virginia University School of Medicine. He is a leading physician in the specialty of pain management and works toward the advancement of techniques within the specialty. Dr. Deer has taught and heldprestigious appointments such as the Chairman of the American Society of Anesthesiologist Committee on Pain Medicine. Dr. Deer is on the Board of Directors for the North American Neuromodulation Society, and works on the editorial board for three prestigious medical journals: Neuromodulation, Pain Medicine, and Pain Physician. Dr. Deer continues to teach and lecture on important and groundbreaking topics in pain management such as Spinal Cord Stimulation and intrathecal drug infusions in the United States, Europe, Australia and Asia. He also continues to be involved in research in the interest of consistently advancing the specialty of pain management.
Jason Pope, MD is the President of Summit Pain Alliance. He was recently appointed to the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) board as a Director-at Large and served as a fellow to a member of the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Sub-committee on Health and was the recipient of the first annual American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Fellow’s Advocacy Grant. He served as a member of the West Virginia Pharmacy Board Advisory Panel of Controlled Substances and Opioid Prescribing and is Secretary of the California Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (CASIPP). Dr. Pope has also helped foster the educational efforts of NANS, and has helped formalized the Resident and Fellow Section (RFS) of NANS, functioning as Co-Chair, and helped create a mentorship program for fellows. He helped develop the NANS Certificate of Attendance (COA) training opportunity to promote safe and efficacious employment of advanced pain care therapies. Dr. Pope is on the Planning Committee and the Scientific Committee for the NANS annual meeting and served as Co-Chair of the Resident and Fellows Section Pre-Conference Workshop, with the development of the first annual RFS Breakout Session during the Conference. Dr. Pope is the co-Chair of the inaugural Neuromodulation Special Interest Group (SIG) for the American Society of Regional Anesthesia (ASRA). He is also well published in peer-reviewed journals, authored many chapters, textbooks and atlases, while presenting at regional, national, and international meetings.
Timothy Lamer, MD is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the Mayo Clinic whose research interests include: interventional therapies for intractable post-surgical neuralgias/neuropathic pain syndromes, Radiofrequency therapies for spine pain and head and neck pain, Spinal stimulation and/or nerve stimulation for chronic neuropathic pain, and Prolotherapy for sacroiliac joint pain.
David Provenzano, MD is the President of Pain Diagnostics and Interventional Care. He has served as a principal investigator on multiple research studies and published numerous scientific articles. His research interests include neuromodulation and theeffects of preinjected fluid on monopolar and bipolar radiofrequency lesioning. He has lectured at numerous international and national meetings on the management of acute and chronic pain. Furthermore, he serves as an external member of the Robert Morris University IRB, an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Duquesne University Department of Pharmacology, and Adjunct Clinical Instructor in the Department of Physician Assistants Studies at the Duquesne University Rangos School of Health Sciences. He serves on the Board of Directors of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and the North American Neuromodulation Society. He is the Vice Chair for the ASRA Neuromodulation Special Interest Group. Dr. Provenzano previously served as the Vice Chair for the Continuing Medical Education Committee for the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. In addition, he serves on the Educational Track Subcommittee on Pain Medicine for the American Society of Anesthesiologists. He has extensive interests and expertise in the conservative treatment of pain originating from the cervical and lumbar spine, neuromodulation and in the utilization of ultrasound for interventional pain management procedures.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Deer's Treatment of Pain
Book Subtitle: An Illustrated Guide for Practitioners
Editors: Timothy R. Deer, Jason E. Pope, Tim J. Lamer, David Provenzano
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12281-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12280-5Published: 24 August 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-12281-2Published: 01 August 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 854
Number of Illustrations: 117 b/w illustrations, 222 illustrations in colour
Topics: Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, Neurology