Eric Chang, Hamilton Chen, Justin Hata, Danielle Perret, Bianca Tribuzio

The Pain Center Manual (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Pain Center Manual is a concise resource that provides practical information for daily use in pain practice. For quick reference or on-the-spot guidance in academic or community pain centers, these pages are filled with the information trainees and experienced practitioners need at their fingertips including common medication dosages, titration schedules, dictation templates, assessment scales, guidelines for interventional procedures, and much more.

A team of experts from one of the country's leading university pain centers covers everyday management concerns such as methadone safety, prescription writing for controlled substances, neuropathic medication adjuvants to consider in pain management, and treatment suggestions for a wide spectrum of chronic pain conditions. With an emphasis on ACGME standards and objectives, the manual offers the fundamental knowledge pain professionals need to provide consistent and compassionate care.

The Pain Center Manual includes:

• Quick reference tables for medications and other treatment modalities
• Clinical pearls for the most common pain complaints
• Templates for consultations and interventional procedures
• Useful scales, algorithms, diagrams, and other essential reference materials for performing tests and procedures
• ACGME training guidelines

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781617051845
• Artikelnr.: 56245429

Autorenporträt

Eric Chang, MD, Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Depts. of Anesthisology and Perioperative Care and PM&R; The University of California Irvine, Center for Pain Management, Irvine, CA

Inhaltsangabe

"I. Medical Management of Chronic Pain:
A. Opioids
B. Narcotic Conversions
C. Methadone
D.P450
Inhibitors
E.QT Prolonging Drugs
F. Urine Drug Toxicity
Screens
G. Controlled Substance Rx Writing Skills
H. Common
Medications Used in Pain Management
I. Suggested Outpatient
Medications
J. Sample Titration Schedules
K. Metabolic
Considerations for Medications
L. Medication Safety in Renal
Failure, Pregnancy, Geriatrics
M. Interventional Pharmacology
N. Systemic Effects of Local Anesthetics
O. Traditional
Neurolytic Spinal Blocks
P. Botox Injections for Migraine
II. Diagnostic Pearls for Pain Medicine: A. How to Present
Pain
B. Headaches
C. Cranial Nerve Notes and Pain Boards
Association
D. Facial Pain Neuralgias
E. Pelvic Pain Neuralgias
F. Gynecologic Conditions that May Cause or Exacerbate
Chronic Pelvic Pain
G. Non-Gynecologic Conditions that May
Cause or Exacerbate Chronic Pelvic Pain
H. Radiology Pearls
I. Disc Pathology Pearls
J. Spinal Pain Differential
K. Complex
Regional Pain Syndrome Pearls
L. Treatment Considerations
for Common Pain Presentations
III. Notes & Templates:
A. Initial Consultation Template
B. Follow-up Visit Template
C.
Interventional Procedure Templates
IV. Billing and Coding:
A. New Patient
B. Follow-Up Patient
V. Scales and Other
Reference Materials: A. Regional Landmarks
B. Vertebral
Levels
C. Brachial Plexus
D. Lumbosacral Plexus
E. Upper
Extremity Innervations
F. Lower Extremity Innervations
G.PM&R/
Neurology Exam Guide
H. Dermatomes
I. Physical Exam Tests
& Acronyms
J. Therapy Contraindications
K.P&O Reference
L.
Research Critical Appraisal Questions
M. Sample Procedure Log
Form
N. Sample Patient Safety Log
O. Pain Scale Reference
P.
Resources
VI. Adult Learning in Pain Medicine: A.ACGME
Training Standards
B. Reading Assignments
C. Other Suggested
Reading Materials
D. Goals and Objectives
E. Suggested
Fellow Formal Evaluation Systems
F. Suggested Pain Curriculum
Overview
G. Suggested Didactics Program
H. Cognitive
Objectives"