Chronic Pain Management in General and Hospital Practice

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Basic Considerations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. History of Pain

      • W. Hamann

      Pages 3-10

   3. Theories of Pain

      • Koki Shimoji, Yoshiyuki Yokota

      Pages 11-19

   4. Anatomical Physiology of Pain

      • Koki Shimoji, Satoshi Kurokawa

      Pages 21-42

   5. Pathophysiology of Pain

      • W. Hamann

      Pages 43-53

   6. Pharmacology of Analgesics

      • Koki Shimoji, Hitoshi Fujioka

      Pages 55-86

   7. Investigation of the Chronic Pain Patient

      • Nicholas Padfield

      Pages 87-112

   8. Interventional Treatment of Chronic Pain

      • Thomas E. Smith

      Pages 113-128

   9. Nerve Blocks

      • Ryan Zaglama, Antoun Nader

      Pages 129-140

   10. Other Methods: Minimally Invasive Techniques in Pain Clinic

       • Koki Shimoji, Tatsuhiko Kano

       Pages 141-171

   11. Pain Measurements

       • Koki Shimoji, Sumihisa Aida

       Pages 173-200

3. Pain Management Techniques

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201

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   2. Back Pain

      • Pierluigi di Vadi

      Pages 203-217

   3. Postherpetic Neuralgia

      • Christine El-Yahchouchi, Antoun Nader

      Pages 219-224

   4. Neuropathic Pain: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)

      • Mansoor M. Aman, Ammar Mahmoud, Taruna Waghray-Penmetcha

      Pages 225-247

   5. Neuropathic Pain Syndrome: Diabetic and Other Neuropathies

      • Atsushi Sawada, Michiaki Yamakage

      Pages 249-260

   6. Phantom Limb Pain

      • Luminita M. Tureanu, Ljuba Stojiljkovic

      Pages 261-277

   7. Neuropathic Pain Syndromes. 5: Other Neurological Conditions

      • Soshi Iwasaki, Michiaki Yamakage

      Pages 279-290

   8. Psychological and Psychiatric Pain Conditions

      • Yukari Shindo, Michiaki Yamakage

      Pages 291-301

This book covers a range of topics, from the cause and identity of pain, to pain relief management. Starting from the mechanism of pain, it continues to pain management techniques such as nerve blocks, drugs (pain killers), noninvasive manipulations psychological techniques and electric management, before describing the management of various painful conditions such as headaches, back pain, extremities pain, post-herpetic pain or complex regional pain syndrome. It also provides the format of case reports which can be used to explain management options. A novel feature of the book is that it provides additional insights into how clinicians involve patients in treating their own pain through guided self-assessment and self-management. Recent studies have revealed that pain is not only a biological alarm that warns of disease, but can also be the disease itself, or the catalyst of a vicious circle of pain and disease. Providing rapid pain relief is often effective in sparking the rapid recovery from various diseases. This book offers the perfect guide for all clinicians, not only those working at pain clinics but all those who have to treat patients who are in pain.

• analgesics
• complex regional pain syndrome
• extremities pain
• headaches
• nerve block
• pain management

“The audience best suited to this book might include international health care providers looking to gain familiarity with pain medicine. … This book provides an overview that could offer the general international medical audience with further refinement of current theory and curated treatment recommendations through additional reading and review of advances in pain prescribing and treatments.” (Meredith C. B. Adams, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 132 (2), February, 2021)

• Pain Control Institute, Shinjyuku, Japan

  Koki Shimoji

• Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA

  Antoun Nader

• Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, Pain Management Centre, London, UK

  Wolfgang Hamann

Dr. Koki Shimoji, Pain Control Institute, Japan

Dr. Antoun Nader, Anesthesiology and Orthopedics, Northwestern, University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA

Dr. Wolfgang Hamann, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital Foundation Trust, UK

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