Contributing Authors

Preface

Preface to the First Edition

Part I: Introduction

Pain Clinic Organization and Staffing

William L. Johnson

Stephen E. Abram

N. Timothy Lynch

Pain Pathways and Mechanisms

Stephen E. Abram

Pain: The Patient's Perspective

Penney L. Cowan

Part II: Patient Assessment

Collection of Historical Data

Margaret B. Hopwood

Physical Examination of the Patient Experiencing Pain

Sridhar V. Vasudevan

Psychological Assessment of Patients Experiencing Chronic Pain

Mary Lou Taylor

The Pain-Focused Psychologic Evaluation

Stanley L. Chapman

Diagnostic and Prognostic Nerve Blocks

Quinn H. Hogan

Part III: Treatment Methods

Pain Rehabilitation Programs

Stanley L. Chapman

Physical Therapy in the Pain Clinic Setting

Donna Marie Schramm-Bloodworth

Psychological Strategies for Managing Chronic Pain

Mary Lou Taylor

Electrical Stimulation of the Nervous System

Arun Rajagopal

Stephen E. Abram

Principles of Clinical Pharmacology

James E. Heavner

Local Anesthetic Pharmacology

Christian R. Schlicht

Local Anesthetic Toxicity

Christian R. Schlicht

Systemic Opioid Therapy for Noncancer Pain

Stephen E. Abram

Chronic Intrathecal Drug Delivery

Mark S. Wallace

Adjuvant Analgesics

Donald C. Manning

Part IV: Management of Specific Pain Syndromes

Back Pain and Radiculopathy

Quinn H. Hogan

Myofascial Pain Syndrome

Martin Grabois

Complex Regional Pain Syndromes and Sympathetically Maintained Pain

M. Alexander Gupta

J. David Haddox

Srinivasa N. Raja

Acute Herpes Zoster and Postherpetic Neuralgia

Nabil M. K. Ali

Painful Peripheral Neuropathies

David J. Hewitt

Facial Pain

J. David Haddox

David M. Biondi

Headache

David M. Biondi

Chronic Pelvic Pain

Daniel Brookoff

Postdural Puncture Headache

Margaret Charsley

Central Pain Syndromes

Kenneth A. Follett

Management of Painful Medical Diseases

John W. Luckwitz

Chronic Pain in Children

Doralina L. Anghelescu

Substance Abuse and Addiction

Doralina L. Anghelescu

Margaret Charsley

Part V: Cancer Pain Management

Oncologic Pain Management

Richard B. Patt

Psychologic Assessment and Treatment of Patients with Cancer Pain

Antonio M. Goncalves

Palliative Care of the Terminally III Patient

Denice C. Sheehan

Walter B. Forman

Radiation Therapy for Cancer Pain

Nora A. Janjan

Neurolytic Blocks and Other Neuroablative Procedures for Cancer Pain

Pushpa Nambi Joseph

Oscar A. deLeon-Casasola

Part VI: Techniques

Epidural Steroid Injections

Stephen E. Abram

Sympathetic Blocks

Stephen E. Abram

Peripheral Nerve Blocks

John W. Luckwitz

Head and Neck Blocks

John W. Luckwitz

Appendices

Appendix A. Long-Term Epidural Catheter Implantation for Cancer Pain: Patient and Family Reference Material

Appendix B. Dermatome Charts

Appendix C. Technique for Continuous Opioid Infusion

Appendix D. Opioid Conversion Chart

Appendix E. Billing Codes

Appendix F. Patient Pain Questionnaire, Treatment Evaluation Questionnaire, and History and Physical Examination Recording Form

Appendix G. Pain Glossary

Subject Index