Practice and Procedures Book

PART I PRINCIPLES OF MEASUREMENT AND DIAGNOSIS
1 History-taking and examination of the patient with chronic pain - Paul R Nandi and Toby Newton-John
2 Practical methods for pain intensity measurements - William I Campbell and Kevin E Vowles
3 Selecting and applying pain measures - Johannes van der Merwe and Amanda C de C Williams
4 Sensory testing and clinical neurophysiology - Ellen Jørum and Lars Arendt-Nielsen
5 Pharmacological diagnostic tests - Andrew P Baranowski and Natasha C Curran
6 The role of biochemistry and serology in pain diagnosis - Hilde Berner Hammer
7 Diagnostic algorithms for painful peripheral neuropathy - David Bennett
8 Novel imaging techniques - Michael Lee and Irene Tracey
PART II THERAPEUTIC PROTOCOLS
9 After assessment, then what? Integrating findings for successful case formulation and treatment tailoring - Steven J Linton and Michael K Nicholas
Section A: Pharmacological therapies
10 Treatment protocols for opioids in chronic nonmalignant pain - Harald Breivik
11 Subcutaneous drug infusion protocols for the control of cancer pain -
12 Antiepileptics, antidepressants and local anesthetic drugs - Harald Breivik and Andrew SC Rice
Section B: Psychological techniques
13 Self-regulation skills training for adults, including relaxation - David Spiegel
14 Biofeedback - Frank Andrasik and Herta Flor
15 Contextual cognitive behavioural therapy - Lance M McCracken
16 Graded exposure in vivo for pain-related fear - Johan WS Vlaeyen, Jeroen de Jong, Peter HTH Heuts and Geert Crombez
Section C: Physical therapy and rehabilitation protocols
17 Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation - Timothy P Nash
18 Acupuncture - Mike Cummings
19 Physiotherapy - Harriët M Wittink and Jeanine A Verbunt
20 Manual medicine - Steve Robson and Louis Gifford
Section D: Interventional procedures
21 Introduction to interventional procedures - William I Campbell and Harald Breivik
22 Psychological aspects of preparation for painful procedures - Rachael Powell and Marie Johnston
23 Peripheral nerve blocks: practical aspects - David Hill
24 Intravenous and subcutaneous patient-controlled analgesia - Stephan Locher and Michele Curatolo
25 Alternative opioid patient-controlled analgesia delivery systems – transcutaneous, nasal and others - Gunnvald Kvarstein
26 Epidural analgesia for acute pain after surgery and during labor, including patient-controlled epidural analgesia - Harald Breivik
27 Sympathetic blocks - Harald Breivik
28 Neurolytic blocks - William I Campbell
29 Intra-articular and soft tissue injections - Michael Shipley and Vanessa Morris
30 Facet (zygapophyseal) joint injections and medial branch blocks - Ron Cooper
31 Intrathecal drug delivery - Jon Raphael and Kate Grady
32 Cryoanalgesia - Gunnvald Kvarstein and Henrik Högström
33 Radiofrequency lesioning and treatment of chronic pain - Ben JP Crul, Jan H M Van Zundert and Maarten Van Kleef
34 Spinal cord stimulation - Simon Thomson and Malvern May
35 Epidural (intralaminar, intraforaminal, and caudal) steroid injections for back pain and sciatica - Ivan N Ramos-Galvez and Ian D Goodall
36 Epiduroscopy and endoscopic adhesiolysis - Jonathan Richardson, Jan Willem Kallewaard and Gerbrand J Groen
37 Discogenic low back pain: intradiscal thermal (radiofrequency) annuloplasty and artificial disc implants - Gunnvald Kvarstein, Leif Maawe and Aage Indahl
Section E: Pediatric techniques
38 Pain assessment in children - Nancy F Bandstra and Christine T Chambers
39 Procedures for pediatric pain management - Richard F Howard
40 Mind/body skills for children in pain - Timothy Culbert, Stefan Friedrichsdorf and Leora Kuttner
PART III CLINICAL TRIALS
41 Placebo and nocebo - Luana Colloca, Damien G Finnis and Fabrizio Benedetti
42 Clinical trials: acute and chronic pain - Audun Stubhaug and Harald Breivik
43 Clinical trials: dental pain - Else K Breivik Hals
44 Clinical trials: cancer pain - Ulf E Kongsgaard and Mads U Werner
45 Clinical trials: neuropathic pain - Andrew SC Rice
46 Techniques of systematic reviews and meta-analysis in pain research - Lesley A Smith
PART IV ORGANIZATION OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY PAIN MANAGEMENT TEAMS
47 Organization and role of acute pain services - David Counsell, Pamela E Macintyre and Harald Breivik
48 Acute pain services and organizational change - Alison E Powell, Huw TO Davies, Jonathan Bannister and William A Macrae
49 Comprehensive pain rehabilitation programs: a North American reappraisal - Peter R Wilson
50 Organization of pediatric pain services - George Chalkiadis
51 Where does pain fit within health care delivery systems and organizations? - Brian R Theodore, Chetwyn CH Chan, and Robert J Gatchel
PART V OTHER ISSUES
52 The use of guidelines, standards, and quality improvement initiatives in the management of postoperative pain - Tone Rustøen and Christine Miaskowski
53 The expert medicolegal report - Peter JD Evans