Gary W. Jay

Chronic Pain (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Providing a general approach to the understanding and management of all forms of chronic pain, this book offers a clear and reader-friendly format that clarifies procedures in the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of the most common chronic non-cancer pain entities. Describing various types of intractable non-cancer pain, including neuropathic, somatic, and visceral pain, this source discusses the many available types of treatments, including opioid and adjunctive pain medications, and the safe and proper use of narcotics for treating chronic pain.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000611021
• Artikelnr.: 56959690

Autorenporträt

GARY W. JAY is currently, after 25 years of private practice, the Medical Director, Pain, at Schwarz Biosciences, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina. Dr. Jay was the founder and president of the Southern California Pain Society, past president of the Florida Academy of Pain Management, and president-elect of the American Academy of Pain Management. He is one of the original founders of the American Academy of Pain Medicine (1983). Dr. Jay is a frequent lecturer on headache and pain. He authored The Headache Handbook and the Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Handbook (both titles, CRC Press) and more than 40 textbook chapters, peer reviewed journal articles, and monographs. Dr. Jay is a recent recipient of the Janet Travel Clinical Pain Management Award from the American Academy of Pain Management. He received the M.D. degree from Northwestern University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.

Inhaltsangabe

Anatomy and Physiology of Pain: The Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems.
Molecular Mechanisms of Nociception. Peripheral Mechanisms of Chronic
Non-Cancer Pain. The Myofascial Pain Syndrome. Sympathetic Aspects of Soft
Tissue Pain. Medical Management of Myofascial Pain. Evidence Based
Medicine: Basics. Trigger Point Injections. Fibromyalgia: Clinical Aspects
and Pathophysiology. Fibromyalgia: Clinical Evaluation and Medical
Management. Soft Tissue Pain Syndromes: Brain, Mind and Body Connections.
Neuropathic Pain. Tension-Type Headache. Medications. Narcotic Therapy for
Patients with Chronic Non-Cancer Pain. Psychological Aspects of Chronic
Non-Cancer Pain. Interventional Pain Medicine in the Treatment of Chronic.
Non-Cancer Pain. Interdisciplinary Treatment of Chronic Non-Cancer Pain