Pain Management
Provides simple diagnostic methods and criteria to differentiate various types of headache. Headache treatment recommendations, both acute and prophylactic, are provided. Algorithms, patient-education materials, and tables and figures are included to assist in establishing the diagnosis and selecting appropriate therapy. A separate chaper is devoted to the management of headaches in women, including menstrual migraines.
Proper evaluation of the pain complaint. Importance of understanding the underlying pathology of pain with the goal of matching the pain medication and treatment to the underlying pathology. Appropriate management of acute and chronic nociceptive (eg, visceral, inflammatory, postoperative, trauma), neuropathic (eg, CTS, postherpetic neuralgia, diabetic neuropathy), and mixed-type pain (eg, headache). Detailed information on available pain medications.
This handbook is designed to be highly clinically relevant and will focus on the various analgesic pharmacotherapy techniques and protocols available to minimize postoperative pain and pain medication side effects. Sections will discuss multimodal "opioid-sparing" analgesic techniques and proposed stepwise protocols incorporating short- and long-acting local analgesia, along with strategies to minimize postoperative pain–related complications. Relevant pain pathophysiology will be presented as a framework for understanding the basis of a multimodal approach to pain management. The authors will also describe and review the persistent postsurgical pain syndrome.