ABC of Pain

Pain is a common presentation and this brand new title in the ABC series focuses on the pain management issues most often encountered in primary care. It covers all the chronic pain presentations in primary care right through to tertiary and palliative care and includes guidance on pain management in special groups such as pregnancy, children, the elderly and the terminally ill. It covers new findings on the effectiveness of interventions and includes the progression to acute pain and appropriate pharmacological management, and features pain assessment, epidemiology and the evidence base in a truly comprehensive reference.

Chapter 1: The Epidemiology of Pain (? +/- some health economics):.Prof Ian Crombie/ Dr Bill Macrae (St Andrews/ Dundee).Chapter 2: Pain Mechanisms (peripheral/ central/ sensitisation):.Prof Fleetwood-Walker, Edinburgh.Chapter 3: Evaluation of the patient in pain (Pain assessment):.?? Prof Lars Arendt-Nielsen, Denmark OR Roger B Fillingim, Florida.Chapter 4: Musculoskeletal pain to include fibromylagia, arthritis (rheumatoid / osteoarthritis), shoulder pain, knee pain. Prof Bruce Kidd, London.Chapter 5: Back pain - Acute and chronic management:.Prof Gordon Waddell, Glasgow.Chapter 6: Neuropathic pain (incl PHN/ diabetic/ phantom limb/ HIV neuropathy/ post stroke pain, spinal injury pain):.Dr LA Colvin, Edinburgh.Chapter 7: Visceral pain - incl chronic abdominal/ pelvic pain. Dr Beverly Collett, Leicester.Chapter 8: Post-surgical pain:.Dr Henrik Kehlet, Copenhagen.Chapter 9: Headache and orofacial pain.Dr Roger Cull, Edinburgh.Chapter 10: Cancer pain.Prof Marie Fallon, Edinburgh.Chapter 11: Treating pain in patients with drug dependence problems (incl use of opioids in non-malignant pain).Dr Russell Portenoy, Beth Israel, New York.Chapter 12: Pain in children. Dr Suellen Walker, Gt Ormond St, London.Chapter 13: Pain in the elderly. Dr Debra K Weiner, Univ of Pittsburg, USA.Chapter 14: Pain in pregnancy. Dr George Harrison, Birmingham.Chapter 15: Psychological and mental health issues:.Prof Steven Morley, Leeds.Chapter 16: The role of interventional technique in pain management (incl Nerve blocks/ Neuromodulation/ Surgical). Dr Jack Barrett, Cork, Ireland.Chapter 17: The role of physiotherapy in pain management.Dr Paul Watson, Leicester.Chapter 18: Complementary and Alternative strategies: TENS, ACP; Hypnotherapy/ relaxation. Dr Margaret Cullen, Edinburgh + ? co-author for TENS.Chapter 19: Evidence base for treatment:.Prof Henry McQuay, Oxford