Pain Medicine

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvi

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2. General

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Anatomy and Physiology: Mechanisms of Nociceptive Transmission

      • Daniel Vardeh, Julian F. Naranjo

      Pages 3-5

   3. Pharmacology of Pain Transmission and Modulation

      • Jürg Schliessbach, Konrad Maurer

      Pages 7-9

   4. Development of Pain Systems

      • Ingrid A. Fitz-James Antoine, Karina Gritsenko, Veronica Carullo

      Pages 11-13

   5. Peripheral and Central Sensitization

      • Daniel Vardeh, Julian F. Naranjo

      Pages 15-17

   6. Designing, Reporting, and Interpreting Clinical Research Studies

      • Steven Y. Chinn, Elizabeth Chuang, Karina Gritsenko

      Pages 19-21

   7. Animal Models of Nociception and Pain

      • Kyle Silva, Karina Gritsenko, Sayed E. Wahezi

      Pages 23-24

   8. Ethical Standards in Pain Management and Research

      • Jessica M. Tsukanov, Karina Gritsenko, Daniel Tsukanov

      Pages 25-26

   9. Epidemiology

      • Steven Y. Chinn, Elizabeth Chuang, Karina Gritsenko

      Pages 27-29

3. Assessment and Psychology of Pain

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31

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   2. Pain Assessment

      • Michael P. Zaccagnino, Srdjan S. Nedeljkovic

      Pages 33-37

   3. Physical Exam of the Cranial Nerves

      • Daniel Vardeh

      Pages 39-42

   4. Neck

      • Aaron Jay Yang, Nitin B. Jain

      Pages 43-45

   5. Shoulder

      • Aaron Jay Yang, Nitin B. Jain

      Pages 47-49

   6. Elbow

      • Aaron Jay Yang, Nitin B. Jain

      Pages 51-53

   7. Abdomen

      • Aaron Jay Yang, Nitin B. Jain

      Pages 55-56

   8. Low Back

      • Aaron Jay Yang, Nitin B. Jain

      Pages 57-59

   9. Hip

      • Aaron Jay Yang, Nitin B. Jain

      Pages 61-63

   10. Knee

       • Aaron Jay Yang, Nitin B. Jain

       Pages 65-67

This book serves as a practical resource for pain medicine providers.  It presents important clinical concepts while covering critical pain medicine fundamentals. Chapters were carefully chosen to cover common aspects of clinical pain medicine and also follow a common format to facilitate quick look-up. Each chapter includes a concise discussion of the latest supporting evidence as well as relevant case scenarios. The coverage is clinically and board relevant, evidence-based and up-to-date. It will appeal to residents preparing for the written board examination and practitioners preparing for board re-certification, which now occurs every 10 years.  Beyond these groups, the book has the potential to appeal to learners and practitioners around the world; pain medicine is burgeoning globally, and there is great need for concise, clinically relevant resources.

• board
• examination
• pain medicine
• preparation
• recertification
• review
• rehabilitation psychology

“This book will serve as a great resource to practicing pain physicians and as a quick reference guide to physicians who may practice rudimentary pain management. The text is easy to read, and the book is divided into 12 well-defined parts for quick reference. … this book does cover common aspects of pain and will serve as a valuable review text for anyone preparing for written board exams or involved in the recertification process.” (W. Scott Jellish, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 126 (5), May, 2018)



“The purpose is to provide a one-stop source of information for everything one needs to know when doing a pain fellowship. … Although the primary audience is pain fellows in training, the book covers enough topics that even experienced pain physicians would find it useful. … this is a good attempt at bringing sanity to the field of pain management, which has expanded in so many directions that every book is struggling to hold it together just to stay relevant.” (Tariq M. Malik, Doody's Book Reviews, May, 2017)

• Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA

  R. Jason Yong, Ehren Nelson

• Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

  Michael Nguyen

• Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Health Care Center at Chestnut Hill, Center for Perioperative Research, Sedation for Interventional Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA

  Richard D. Urman

Robert Jason Yong, MD, MBA
Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine


Michael Nguyen, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine


Ehren Nelson, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine


Richard D. Urman, MD, MBA
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

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