This issue of Medical Clinics of North America, Guest Edited by Charles Argoff, MD is devoted to Chronic Pain Management. Dr. Argoff has assembled a group of expert authors to review the following topics: Chronic Pain Management: An Overview of Taxonomy, Conditions Commonly Encountered, and Assessment; The Acute to Chronic Pain Transition: Can Chronic Pain Be Prevented?; What Do We Know About the Pathophysiology of Chronic Pain? Implications for Treatment Considerations; An Overview of Pharmacologic Management of Chronic Pain; An Overview of Nonmedical Treatment of Chronic Pain; Managing Chronic Headache Disorders; Managing Osteoarthritis and Other Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Disorders; Managing Neuropathic Pain; Managing Low Back and Other Spinal Pain Disorders; Exploring the Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain: When, How and for Whom?; The Role of Invasive Pain Management Modalities in the Treatment of Chronic Pain; Multimodal Management of Chronic Pain: What is the Evidence?; Managing Chronic Pain in Special Populations; and The Future of Pain Management as a Subspecialty: Meeting the Needs of the Patients We Care For.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. Cover 3. Table of Contents - p. Cover 4. Copyright - p. Cover 5. Forthcoming Issues - p. Cover 6. Contributors - p. Cover 7. Foreword. The Management of Chronic Pain: What Do We Know, What Do We Do, and How Should We Redesign Our Comprehensive Assessment and Treatment in order to Provide for More Patient-Centered Care? - p. Cover 8. Preface. Yes, You Can Manage Chronic Pain - p. Cover 9. Background - p. Cover 10. Chronic Pain Management: An Overview of Taxonomy, Conditions Commonly Encountered, and Assessment - p. Cover 11. The Acute to Chronic Pain Transition: Can Chronic Pain Be Prevented? - p. Cover 12. What Do We Know About the Pathophysiology of Chronic Pain?: Implications for Treatment Considerations - p. Cover 13. Chronic Pain Treatment Approaches - p. Cover 14. Biopsychosocial Approach to Assessing and Managing Patients with Chronic Pain - p. Cover 15. Multimodal Treatment of Chronic Pain - p. Cover 16. An Overview of Pharmacologic Management of Chronic Pain - p. Cover 17. Exploring the Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain: When, How, and for Whom? - p. Cover 18. The Role of Invasive Pain Management Modalities in the Treatment of Chronic Pain - p. Cover 19. Common Chronic Pain Conditions - p. Cover 20. Managing Chronic Headache Disorders - p. Cover 21. Managing Osteoarthritis and Other Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Disorders - p. Cover 22. Managing Neuropathic Pain - p. Cover 23. Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain - p. Cover 24. Managing Chronic Pain in Special Populations with Emphasis on Pediatric, Geriatric, and Drug Abuser Populations - p. Cover 25. Emerging Treatment - p. Cover 26. Is Platelet-Rich Plasma a Future Therapy in Pain Management? - p. Cover 27. Index - p. Cover
This issue of Medical Clinics of North America, Guest Edited by Charles Argoff, MD is devoted to Chronic Pain Management. Dr. Argoff has assembled a group of expert authors to review the following topics: Chronic Pain Management: An Overview of Taxonomy, Conditions Commonly Encountered, and Assessment; The Acute to Chronic Pain Transition: Can Chronic Pain Be Prevented?; What Do We Know About the Pathophysiology of Chronic Pain? Implications for Treatment Considerations; An Overview of Pharmacologic Management of Chronic Pain; An Overview of Nonmedical Treatment of Chronic Pain; Managing Chronic Headache Disorders; Managing Osteoarthritis and Other Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Disorders; Managing Neuropathic Pain; Managing Low Back and Other Spinal Pain Disorders; Exploring the Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain: When, How and for Whom?; The Role of Invasive Pain Management Modalities in the Treatment of Chronic Pain; Multimodal Management of Chronic Pain: What is the Evidence?; Managing Chronic Pain in Special Populations; and The Future of Pain Management as a Subspecialty: Meeting the Needs of the Patients We Care For.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. Cover 3. Table of Contents - p. Cover 4. Copyright - p. Cover 5. Forthcoming Issues - p. Cover 6. Contributors - p. Cover 7. Foreword. The Management of Chronic Pain: What Do We Know, What Do We Do, and How Should We Redesign Our Comprehensive Assessment and Treatment in order to Provide for More Patient-Centered Care? - p. Cover 8. Preface. Yes, You Can Manage Chronic Pain - p. Cover 9. Background - p. Cover 10. Chronic Pain Management: An Overview of Taxonomy, Conditions Commonly Encountered, and Assessment - p. Cover 11. The Acute to Chronic Pain Transition: Can Chronic Pain Be Prevented? - p. Cover 12. What Do We Know About the Pathophysiology of Chronic Pain?: Implications for Treatment Considerations - p. Cover 13. Chronic Pain Treatment Approaches - p. Cover 14. Biopsychosocial Approach to Assessing and Managing Patients with Chronic Pain - p. Cover 15. Multimodal Treatment of Chronic Pain - p. Cover 16. An Overview of Pharmacologic Management of Chronic Pain - p. Cover 17. Exploring the Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain: When, How, and for Whom? - p. Cover 18. The Role of Invasive Pain Management Modalities in the Treatment of Chronic Pain - p. Cover 19. Common Chronic Pain Conditions - p. Cover 20. Managing Chronic Headache Disorders - p. Cover 21. Managing Osteoarthritis and Other Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Disorders - p. Cover 22. Managing Neuropathic Pain - p. Cover 23. Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain - p. Cover 24. Managing Chronic Pain in Special Populations with Emphasis on Pediatric, Geriatric, and Drug Abuser Populations - p. Cover 25. Emerging Treatment - p. Cover 26. Is Platelet-Rich Plasma a Future Therapy in Pain Management? - p. Cover 27. Index - p. Cover
