Clinical Pain Management

Harald Breivik Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

A ready-reference manual covering various forms of pain assessment in addition to a wide range of therapies that can be provided by a variety of health care disciplines in the management of acute, chronic and malignancy-related pain.

PART I PRINCIPLES OF MEASUREMENT AND DIAGNOSIS1 History-taking and examination of the patient with chronic pain - Paul R Nandi and Toby Newton-John2 Practical methods for pain intensity measurements - William I Campbell and Kevin E Vowles3 Selecting and applying pain measures - Johannes van der Merwe and Amanda C de C Williams4 Sensory testing and clinical neurophysiology - Ellen Jÿrum and Lars Arendt-Nielsen5 Pharmacological diagnostic tests - Andrew P Baranowski and Natasha C Curran6 The role of biochemistry and serology in pain diagnosis - Hilde Berner Hammer7 Diagnostic algorithms for painful peripheral neuropathy - David Bennett8 Novel imaging techniques - Michael Lee and Irene TraceyPART II THERAPEUTIC PROTOCOLS9 After assessment, then what? Integrating findings for successful case formulation and treatment tailoring - Steven J Linton and Michael K NicholasSection A: Pharmacological therapies10 Treatment protocols for opioids in chronic nonmalignant pain - Harald Breivik11 Subcutaneous drug infusion protocols for the control of cancer pain -12 Antiepileptics, antidepressants and local anesthetic drugs - Harald Breivik and Andrew SC RiceSection B: Psychological techniques13 Self-regulation skills training for adults, including relaxation - David Spiegel14 Biofeedback - Frank Andrasik and Herta Flor15 Contextual cognitive behavioural therapy - Lance M McCracken16 Graded exposure in vivo for pain-related fear - Johan WS Vlaeyen, Jeroen de Jong, Peter HTH Heuts and Geert CrombezSection C: Physical therapy and rehabilitation protocols17 Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation - Timothy P Nash18 Acupuncture - Mike Cummings