Research Catalog

Title

Pain medicine : a comprehensive review / [edited by] P. Prithvi Raj ; with 245 illustrations.

Publication

St. Louis : Mosby, [1996], ©1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

Raj, P. Prithvi.

Description

xiv, 571 pages : illustrations; 28 cm

Subjects

• Analgesia
• Pain
• Pain Management
• Examination Question
• Anesthesia

Genre/Form

Examination Question.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. History of Pain Medicine / P. Prithvi Raj -- 2. Pain Mechanisms / P. Prithvi Raj -- 3. Evaluation of the Pain Patient / David R. Longmire -- 4. Pain Measurement / Marc A. Valley -- 5. Laboratory Investigations / L. Douglas Kennedy -- 6. Radiography and Neuroimaging / Christopher M. Loar and P. Prithvi Raj -- 7. Neurophysiologic Studies / David R. Longmire -- 8. Diagnostic Nerve Block / P. Prithvi Raj -- 9. Thermography / Gabor R. Racz and Donald L. Kramer -- 10. Psychologic Evaluation and Treatment / Jennifer F. Kelly -- 11. Functional Evaluation / Elise A. Trumble and Margaret P. Krengel -- 12. Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Analgesic Agents / Laurence E. Mather, Donald D. Denson and P. Prithvi Raj -- 13. Opioids and Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Analgesics / Jeffrey A. Katz -- 14. Coanalgesic Agents / J. David Haddox -- 15. Organization and Function of Nerve Block Facility / P. Prithvi Raj -- 16. Local Anesthetics / Mark J. Williams --
• 17. Techniques / P. Prithvi Raj -- 18. Central Nerve Blocks / P. Prithvi Raj, Hans Nolte and Michael Stanton-Hicks -- 19. Peripheral Nerve Blocks / P. Prithvi Raj -- 20. Autonomic Nerve Blocks / P. Prithvi Raj, Richard L. Rauck and Gabor B. Racz -- 21. Epidural Steroids / Honorio T. Benzon -- 22. Facet Blocks / P. Prithvi Raj and Monica M. Neumann -- 23. Epidural Infusion and Patient Controlled Epidural Analgesia / P. Prithvi Raj -- 24. Implantable Drug-Delivery System / Steven D. Waldman -- 25. Neurolytic Agents / James A. Heavner -- 26. Peripheral Neurolysis / P. Prithvi Raj and Richard B. Patt -- 27. Cryolysis / Jeff M. Arthur and Gabor B. Racz -- 28. Radiofrequency / Carl E. Noe and Gabor B. Racz -- 29. Acupuncture / P. Prithvi Raj and David Evans -- 30. Analgesia with Intravenous Local Anesthetics / P. Prithvi Raj and James C. Phero -- 31. Ablative Techniques / Ronald P. Pawl --
• 32. Neural Stimulation: Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation / W. David Leak and A. Elizabeth Ansel -- 33. Physical Therapy / Elise A. Trumble and Margaret P. Krengel -- 34. Taxonomy / P. Prithvi Raj -- 35. Trauma / Richard L. Rauck -- 36. Postsurgical Pain / Honorio T. Benzon -- 37. Obstetric Pain / James C. Eisenach and P. Prithvi Raj -- 38. Acute Medical Diseases / P. Prithvi Raj -- 39. Headache and Facial Pain / Steven D. Waldman -- 40. Neck and Shoulder Pain / Nicolas E. Walsh and Somayaji Ramamurthy -- 41. Low Back Pain / Terrence M. Calder and John C. Rowlingson -- 42. Musculoskeletal Pain / Robert J. Burton, Jr. -- 43. Visceral Pain / Richard H. Docherty -- 44. Pelvic Pain / Richard B. Patt and Ricardo S. Plancarte -- 45. Central Nervous System Pain / Christopher M. Loar -- 46. Peripheral Nervous System Pain / Christopher M. Loar -- 47. The Autonomic Nervous System / Gary W. Jay -- 48. Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / P. Prithvi Raj --
• 49. Phantom Pain / Allen H. Hord -- 50. Miscellaneous Pain Disorders / P. Prithvi Raj -- 51. Cancer Pain Syndromes / Richard B. Patt and Sheldon A. Isaacson -- 52. Chronic Pain Syndromes in Children / Joelle F. Desparmet and P. Prithvi Raj -- 53. Acute Pain Syndromes in Children / Joelle F. Desparmet.

ISBN

0801679982

LCCN

95035517

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries