Ramamurthy’s Decision Making in Pain Management: An Algorithmic Approach

Description

This new edition provides clinicians with the latest advances in the identification, diagnosis and management of acute and chronic pain conditions and syndromes.

Beginning with an overview of pain evaluation, the next chapters explain acute and chronic pain. The following chapters examine different types of pain including cancer, thoracic, lower back, head and neck, and more.

Each chapter has been fully revised and the third edition features many new topics, including a complete chapter dedicated to opioid pharmacology.

Authored by recognised Texas-based experts in the field, the text is presented in a clear, algorithmic approach, enhanced by clinical photographs and figures.

Key Features

• This is the only pain management textbook which is concise enough to assist the reader in making a clinical decision during a patient visit.
• The book is not designed to be a definitive textbook of the Pain Medicine/Management field-rather, it is designed to assist the reader in day-to-day, real life practice! As such, much of the content of the book is evidence-based, and much of it is based on the anecdotal experience of the authors, most of whom practice in academic settings.
• Each chapter contains 1-2 pages of text and a clear and algorithmic approach to the particular topic.
• The chapters explore cutting-edge treatment options, such as regenerative medicine, the use of infusion therapy (i.e. ketamine), and advanced neuromodulatory technologies.
• An entire section of the book is devoted to opioids and management of opioid therapy, an extremely important topic in today’s society.
• Ramamurthy’s Decision Making in Pain Management (3rd edn) is beneficial for all physicians and physician extenders who treat patients with any chronic pain conditions.

Table of Contents

1. Section 1. Evaluation
2. Section 2. Acute Pain
3. Section 3. Chronic Pain Syndromes
4. Section 4. Cancer Pain
5. Section 5. Head and Neck Pain
6. Section 6 Thoracic Pain
7. Section 7. Low Back Pain
8. Section 8. Upper Extremity Pain
9. Section 9. Lower Extremity Pain
10. Section 10. Pediatric Pain
11. Section 11. Pharmacology
12. Section 12. Opioid Pharmacology
13. Section 13. Non-Interventional Therapeutic Modalities
14. Section 14. Interventional Therapeutic Modalities
15. Section 15. Other Topics