ABC of Pain [Paperback]

Covering major chronic pain presentations, such as musculoskeletal pain, low back pain and neuropathic pain, the ABC of Pain also provides guidance on the management of pain in pregnancy, children, older adults, drug dependency and the terminally ill. Beginning with an overview of the epidemiology of chronic pain, pain mechanisms and the assessment of pain, it then provides practical guidance on interventional procedures and methods of effective pain management.

The ABC of Pain is a comprehensive, evidence-based reference. It is ideal for GPs, junior doctors, nurse specialists in primary care, palliative care specialists, and also hospital and hospice staff managing chronically and terminally ill patients.

Contributors vii

Preface ix

1 Epidemiology of Chronic Pain 1
Blair H Smith and Nicola Torrance

2 Pain Mechanisms 5
Carole Torsney and Susan Fleetwood-Walker

3 Evaluation of the Patient in Pain 11
Dennis C Turk and Kimberly S Swanson

4 Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain 16
Paul Dieppe

5 Management of Low Back Pain 20
James Campbell and Lesley A Colvin

6 Neuropathic Pain 25
Lesley A Colvin and Suzanne Carty

7 Visceral Pain 31
James Maybin and Michael G Serpell

8 Post-surgical Pain 37
Susan Nimmo and Lesley Dickson

9 Headache and Orofacial Painl3Ï