The management of pain

Author(s)

• Bonica, John J.

Bibliographic Information

The management of pain

John J. Bonica ; with collaboration of John D. Loeser, C. Richard Chapman, Wilbert E. Fordyce ; illustrations by Marjorie Domenowske

Lea & Febiger, 1990

2nd ed

• set
• v. 1
• v. 2

Note

Rev. ed. of: The management of pain. 1953

Includes bibliographies and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

"The Management of Pain" discusses the aetiology, pathophysiology, symptoms, signs, diagnosis and treatment of every painful disorder and every chronic pain syndrome. It contains descriptions and illustrations of the sensory (pain) nerve supply of every joint, bone muscle and deep somatic structure in the body. Discussions include cancer pain, causalgia and other reflex sympathetic dystrophy, myofacial syndromes and other musculoskeletal disorders, pain associated with visceral disease, peripheral and central vascular disorders, pain of psychologic origin and other major pain problems. Provided are tables of differential diagnosis which contain a concise description of pain and other important differential diagnostic points on every painful condition and pain syndrome that can occur in each region of the body. This book presents data on the incidence and prevalence of acute and chronic pain syndrome and its economic and social impact on the patient, family and society. Every therapeutic modality in current practice is discussed, including indications, advantages and disadvantages, and complications. There is a chapter is devoted to the taxonomy of pain adopted by the International Association for the Study of Pain, which designates the numbers to the name of every condition that is discussed throughout the book.

Table of Contents

• Volume I Part 1 Basic consideration of pain - introduction
• fundamental considerations
• basic aspects
• clinical aspects. Part 2 consideration of relatively generalized pain syndromes - introduction: acute and chronic pain syndromes (CPS) of primarily neuropathic pain
• chronic pain syndromes of psychologic/psychosocial origin
• pain primarily of musculoskeletal origin (disorders of muscles, bones and joints)
• cancer pain
• pain of other etiologies. Part 3 Evaluation of the patient with pain - introduction. Part 4 Regional pains - introduction: pain in the head
• pain in the neck, shoulder, and upper extremities. Volume II pain in the chest
• abdominal pain
• pain in the pelvis, perineum, and genitalia
• pain in the low back, hips, and lower extremities. Part 5 Methods, procedures, and techniques for the symptomatic control of pain - introduction: pharmacologic therapy
• psychologic and psychosocial techniques
• physical therapeutic modalities
• electric stimulation (neuroaugmentative techniques)
• regional analgesia
• ablative neurosurgical operations
• interdisciplinary, multimodal pain management programmes.

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Details

• NCID: BA09866584
• ISBN:
  • 0812111222
• LCCN: 88008983
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Philadelphia
• Pages/Volumes: 2 v. (xxiv, 2120 p.)
• Size: 29 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RB127
  • DC19 : 616/.0472
  • NLM : WL104
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Pain -- Treatment
  • MESH : Pain -- therapy