Essential Notes in Pain Medicine

Essential Notes in Pain Medicine provides a comprehensive review of pain medicine for clinical practice and postgraduate exam preparation. Mapped to the syllabus for the Fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FFPMRCA)this resource ensures readers have all the information needed in one place.

Written by a multidisciplinary team of over 70 international contributors, this resource provides high-quality, up-to-date guidance on 247 topics such as pain assessment, pain physiology, pain interventions, the role of psychology and physiotherapy and many more. Information is presented in concise note form with bullet points, tables, and diagrams, making retaining key facts easier and quicker. References to evidence-based guidelines and directions to further reading allow for identification of areas for further information.

Drawing on the editors' expertise, Essential Notes in Pain Medicine is the ideal companion for exams and a comprehensive guide to acute, chronic, and cancer pain management for practising doctors, pain nurses, and allied health professionals.

Enrique Collantes Celador, Staff Specialist in Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine, Central Coast Local Health District, Sydney, Australia,Jan Rudiger, Consultant in Anaesthetics and Pain Management, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Redhill, UK,Alifia Tameem, Consultant in Anaesthetics and Pain
Management, Clinical service lead in Pain Management, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley Group of Hospitals, Dudley, UK

Section 1 - Overview of Pain
1. Types of Pain and Pain Assessment, Sabina Bachtold, Enrique Collantes, Praveen Ganty, Yehia Kamel, Gustav Jirikowksi, Deepak Ravindran, Jan Rudiger, Alifia Tameem, and John Tanner
Section 2 - Pain Physiology
2. Pain Pathways, Enrique Collantes, Gustav Jirikowski, Paolo Pais, Deepak Ravindran, Jan Rudiger, and Maria Stasiowska
3. Neurotransmitters and receptors, Ramy Mottaleb, Nofil Mulla, and Maria Stasiowska
4. Neurobiology of Pain, Bethany Fitzmaurice, Senthil Jayaseelan, Gustav Jirikowski, Sandeep Kapur, and Manish Mittal
Section 3 - Pharmacology
5. Basic Principles of Pharmacology, Nishi Patel and Kathleen Shelley
6. Local anaesthetics, Enrique Collantes, Kavita Poply, and Jan Rudiger
7. Opioids, Enrique Collantes, Praveen Ganty, James Jack, Jonathan Norman, and Jan Rudiger
8. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and paracetamol, Peter Keogh
9. Anticonvulsants, Mohammed Sajad and Alifia Tameem
10. Antidepressants, Hadi Bedran, Enrique Collantes, and Peter Keogh
11. Neurolytic agents, Hadi Bedran
12. Corticosteroids, Sadiq Bhayani, Bethany Fitzmaurice, and Alifia Tameem
13. Miscellaneous, Hadi Bedran, Udaya Chakka, Bethany Fitzmaurice, Praveen Ganty, James Jack, Peter Keogh, Arumugam Pitchiah, Kavita Poply, Manamohan Rangaiah, Jan Rudiger, Maria Stasioska, and Alifia Tameem
14. Clinical pharmacology, Sabina Bachtold, Rahul Guru, Katharine Howells, James Jack, Sandeep Kapur, Jan Rudiger
Section 4 - Pain interventions
15. Overview of interventions, Adnan Al-Kaisy, Simon Braude, Enrique Collantes, Sumit Gulati, Ashok Puttapa, Jan Rudiger, Haggai Sharon, and Alifia Tameem
16. Head and Neck, Ann-Katrin Fritz and Jan Rudiger
17. Thorax and abdomen, Laura Beard, Mohamed Dorgham, Rahul Guru, Doug Stangoe, and Alifia Tameem
18. Lumbar and pelvis, Sadiq Bhayani, Yehia Kamel, Bhavesh Raithatha, Jan Rudiger, and Tom Smith
19. Autonomic nervous system, Ann-Katrin Fritz, Rahul Guru, Gustav Jirikowski, Bhavesh Raithatha, Subramanian Ramani, and Jan Rudiger
20. Spinal cord and neuromodulation, Sangeeta Das, Gustav Jirikowski, Yehia Kamel, Deepak Malik, Manish Mittal, Yin Yee Ng, Stefano Palmisani, David Pang, Jan Rudiger, Athmaja Thottungal
21. Surgical techniques, Erlick AC Perreira
22. Miscellaneous interventions, Hadi Bedran, Sadiq Bhayani, Bill Clark, Llya Kantsedikas, Andrzej Krol, Attam Singh, and John Tanner
Section 5 - Clinical
23. Musculoskeletal pain conditions, Owen Bodycombe, Enrique Collantes, Mohammed Dorgham, Bethany Fitzmaurice, Rahul Guru, Yehia Kamel, Sandeep Kapur, Nofill Mulla, Paolo Pais, Arumugam Pitchiah, Shankar Ramaswamy, Jan Rudiger, Tom Smith , Athmaja Thottungal, and Ivan Wong
24. Neuropathic pain conditions, Sabina Bachtold, Owen Bodycombe, Sumit Gulati, Rajesh Gupta, Rahul Guru, Nofill Mulla, Ashok Puttapa, Erlick AC Perreira, , Jan Rudiger, Tom Smith, Kantaruby Tambirajoo, Alifia Tameem, Athmaja Thottungal
25. Rheumatological conditions, Sian Griffith
26. Visceral pain conditions, Enrique Collantes, Paolo Pais, Jan Rudiger, and Athmaja Thottungal
27. Widespread chronic pain, Enrique Collantes, Nofill Mulla, Kavita Poply
28. Other pain conditions, Enrique Collantes, Anthony Gubbay, Sumit Gulati, Sarah Harper, Tommy Lwin, Nofill Mulla, Paolo Pais, David Pang, Shankar Ramaswamy, Jan Rudiger, Kantaruby Tambirajoo, Victoria Winter, and Ivan Wong
Section 6 - Cancer and Pain
29. Cancer and Pain, Kasia Chmiel, Mahesh Choudhari, Alix Dumitrescu, Yehia Kamel, Ashok Puttapa, and Alifia Tameem
Section 7 - Psychology of pain medicine
30. Psychology and Pain, Sabina Bachtold, Caroline Burrow, Rahul Guru, and Karen LeMarchand
Section 8 - Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
31. Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Rebecca Pardoe and Fiona Thomas
Section 9 - Epidemiology & Statistics
32. Epidemiology & Statistics, Sabina Bachtold, D. Pang, and Alifia Tameem