Practical Guide to Chronic Pain Syndromes

Clinically oriented and evidence-based, Practical Guide to Chronic Pain Syndromes supplies pain specialists, neurologists, and anesthesiologists with the latest critical advances in pain management.

Key features include:

• Sections clearly organized by specific pain syndromes
• Chapters with basic structural templates for fast-referencing
• Two supplemental sections offering in-depth discussions of medications and other treatment options
• Treatment recommendations for an array of syndromes, including headache/facial pain and soft-tissue, neuropathic, rheumatological, abdominal, urological, low back, and cancer-related pain

The book delivers a swift and accurate diagnosis aide for the treatment of pain syndromes and the creation of treatment plans for chronic pain patients.

1. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy 2. HIV/AIDS neuropathy 3. Central post stroke pain 4 Postherpetic neuralgia 5. Phantom limb 6. Pathophysiology of complex regional pain syndrome 7. Meralgia paresthetica 8. Compression neuropathies 9. Autonomic nervous system evaluation 10. Myofascial pain syndrome 11. Piriformis syndrome 12. Fibromyalgia 13. Mechanical low back pain 14. Neuropathic low back pain 15. Interstitial cystitis 16. Prostatitis 17. Chronic pelvic pain 18. Cancer pain 19. Palliative care 20. Electrical injury 21. Neurogenic thoracic outlet obstruction 22. Osteoarthritis 23. Non-opiate analgesics and adjuvants 24. Opioid medications 25. Legal aspects 26. Antidepressant medications 27. Anticonvulsant medications