Wall and Melzack's textbook of pain / edited by Stephen B. McMahon, Martin Koltzenburg.

Other author Wall, Patrick D. (Patrick David), 1925-2001.
Other author McMahon, S. B. (Stephen B.)
Other author Koltzenburg, Martin, 1962-
Format Book
Edition5th ed.
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone, ©2006.
Descriptionxviii, 1239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Subjects

Portion of title Textbook of pain
Incomplete content Section 1. Neurobiology of pain -- 1. Peripheral mechanisms of cutaneous nociception -- 2. Cellular and molecular properties of primary afferent neurons -- 3. Inflammatory mediators and modulators of pain -- 4. Neuroanatomical substrates of spinal nociception -- 5. Plasticity and pain: role of the dorsal horn -- 6. Representation of pain in the brain -- 7. Central nervous system mechanisms of pain modulation -- 8. Development of pain pathways and mechanisms -- 9. The genetics of pain -- 10. Animal models of pain -- 11. Ascending projection systems -- 12. Autonomic-endocrine-immune interactions in acute and chronic pain -- 13. Itch -- Section 2. Assessment and psychology of pain -- 14. Emotions and psychobiology -- 15. Cognitive and learning aspects -- 16. Psychiatric disorders and pain -- 17. Studies of pain in human subjects -- 18. Pain assessment in adult patients -- 19. Measurement and assessment of paediatric pain -- 20. Assessment of pain beliefs, coping, and function -- 21. Hypnotic analgesia -- 22. The cognitive-behavioural approach to pain management -- 23. Pain, opiates and addiction -- 24. Placebo analgesia -- Section 3. Pharmacology and Treatment of Pain -- 25. Central pharmacology of nociceptive transmission -- 26. Methods of therapeutic trials -- 27. Opiates: basic mechanisms -- 28. Opioids: clinical use -- 29. Antipyretic analgesics: basic aspects -- 30. NSAIDs and Coxibs: clinical use -- 31. Antidepressant analgesics: a systematic review and comparative study -- 32. Anticonvulsant medications in neuropathic pain -- 33. Local anaesthetic blocks and epidurals -- 34. Cannabinoids -- 35. Analgesic drugs in development -- 36. Supratentorial neurosurgery for the treatment of pain -- 37. Spinal cord and brain stimulation --
Incomplete content 38. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and acupuncture -- 39. Peripheral and central nervous system surgery for pain -- 40. Physiotherapy and pain -- Section 4. Clinical states: Deep somatic tissue -- 41. Basic mechanisms of deep somatic pain -- 42. Postoperative pain and its management -- 43. Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis -- 44. Myofascial pain and fibromyalgia syndrome -- 45. Surgical treatment for back and neck pain -- 46. Low back pain -- 47. Repetitive strain injury -- Section 5. Viscera -- 48. Visceral pain: basic mechanisms -- 49. Thorax -- 50. A clinical perspective on abdominal pain -- 51. Genitourinary pain -- 52. Obstetric pain -- Section 6. Clinical States: headache and facial pain -- 53. Acute and chronic dental and orofacial pain -- 54. Headache -- 55. Primary neurovasuclar headache -- 56. Tension-type headache -- 57. Pain in and around the eye -- Section 7. Clinical states: neuropathic pain 58. Response of nerves to injury in relation to neuropathic pain -- 59. Mechanisms of experimental neuropathic pain: integration from animal models -- 60. Central consequences of peripheral nerve damage -- 61. Phantom limb -- 62. Painful peripheral neuropathies -- 63. Trigeminal and glossopharyngeal neuralgia -- 64. Complex regional pain syndromes -- 65. Root disorders and arachnoiditis -- 66. Pain following spinal cord injury -- 67. Central pain -- 68. Pharmacological therapy for neuropathic pain -- Section 8. Clinical states: cancer pain -- 69. Cancer pain: causes, consequences and therapeutic opportunities -- 70. The assessment of cancer pain -- 71. Analgesic therapy and palliative care in children -- 72. Cancer pain: treatment overview -- 73. Pain control in the care of the dying -- Section 9. Clinical States: Special cases -- 74. Pain in the elderly -- 75. Sex and gender differences in pain and its relief -- 76. Epidemiology of pain -- Index.
General noteRev. ed. of: Textbook of pain. 4th ed. 1999.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Other title Textbook of pain.
LCCN 2005049513
ISBN0443072876 :

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