Research Catalog

Title

Cancer pain / Richard B. Patt ; with 38 contributors.

Publication

Philadelphia : Lippincott, [1993], ©1993.

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Additional Authors

Patt, Richard B.

Description

xxi, 650 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Subjects

• Neoplasms > therapy
• Cancer pain
• Palliative Care > methods
• Pain Management

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Sect. I. Assessment. 1. Classification of Cancer Pain and Cancer Pain Syndromes / Richard B. Patt. 2. Comprehensive Assessment of the Patient with Cancer Pain / John C. Rowlingson, Robin J. Hamill and Richard B. Patt. 3. Pain Syndromes Due to Cancer Treatment / John A. Campa III and Richard Payne. 4. Assessment of Cancer Pain in Children / Judith E. Beyer and Nancy Wells. 5. Behavioral Assessment of Pain and Behavioral Pain Management / Richard W. Millard -- Sect. II. Pharmacologic Treatment. 6. General Principles of Pharmacotherapy / Richard B. Patt. 7. Role of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs / John F. Stambaugh. 8. Inadequate Outcome of Opioid Therapy for Cancer Pain: Influences on Practitioners and Patients / Russell K. Portenoy. 9. Oral Opioid Analgesics / C. Stratton Hill. 10. Adjuvants to Opioid Analgesics / Eduardo Bruera and Carla Ripamonti. 11. Alternate Routes of Administration of Opioids / Eduardo Bruera and Carla Ripamonti.
• 12. Opioid Analgesics: Toxicities and Their Treatments / Neil M. Ellison -- Sect. III. Non-Pharmacologic Treatment and Novel Approaches to Management. 13. Treatment of Related Symptoms / Ina Cummings-Ajemian. 14. Diagnosis and Treatment of Psychiatric Complications / William Breitbart. 15. Palliative Radiotherapy / Michael Ashby. 16. Palliative Chemotherapy / Michael Kurman. 17. Therapeutic Decision Making for Invasive Procedures / Richard B. Patt and Subhash Jain. 18. Intraspinal Opioid Therapy / Steven D. Waldman, David W. Leak, L. Douglas Kennedy and Richard B. Patt. 19. Local Anesthetic Blocks / P. Prithvi Raj. 20. Neurolysis: Pharmacology and Drug Selection / Sampson Lipton. 21. Peripheral Neurolysis / Richard B. Patt. 22. Neurolytic Blocks of the Sympathetic Axis / Ricardo B. Plancarte, Ruben Velazquez and Richard B. Patt. 23. Neurolytic Blocks of the Neuraxis / Mark Swerdlow. 24. Complications of Invasive Procedures / Subhash Jain and Richard B. Patt.
• 25. Orthopedic Management / Randy N. Rosier -- Sect. IV. Special Problem Areas. 26. Neurosurgical and Neuroaugmentative Intervention / Ronald Tasker. 27. Management Problems in Developing Countries / Roberto D. Wenk. 28. Management of Pain in Childhood Cancer / Neil L. Schechter and Steven J. Weisman. 29. Oncologic Emergencies / Julia Ladd Smith. 30. Care of People Who Are Dying: The Hospice Approach / Julia Ladd Smith. A. Pain Assessment Tools. B. Where to Obtain Instruments Used in Assessing Pediatric Pain. C. Pharmacotherapeutic Guidelines / Richard B. Patt, James E. Szalados and Christopher L. Wu. D. Anatomic Charts. E. Needles, Catheters, and Syringes: Design, Development, and Selection / John R. Roschuck. F. Long-Term Epidural Catheter Implantation for Cancer Pain / Steve Abrams. G. Manufacturing Processes / Chad F. Swenson and Richard B. Patt. H. Radiologic Guidance, Contrast Medium, and Untoward Reactions.

ISBN

0397511388

LCCN

92049630

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries