Pelvic Pain in Males
Pelvic Pain in Males Andrew Baranowski This chapter is about pain perceived to be in the male pelvis—the pelvic pain syndromes. For the purpose of this chapter, the pelvis is…
The Treatment of Chronic Pain in Patients with History of Substance Abuse
The Treatment of Chronic Pain in Patients with History of Substance Abuse Howard A. Heit Douglas L. Gourlay Chronic pain has no positive physiologic value, whereas acute pain is an…
Pain in HIV
Pain in HIV Svetlana Faktorovich David M. Simpson On June 5, 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) described five cases of a rare lung infection, Pneumocystis carinii…
Compliance Monitoring in Chronic Pain Management
Compliance Monitoring in Chronic Pain Management Douglas L. Gourlay Howard A. Heit The pain management practitioner faces several challenges in the safe and effective management of chronic pain. One of…
Cancer Pain: Principles of Management and Pharmacotherapy
Cancer Pain: Principles of Management and Pharmacotherapy Dermot Fitzgibbon In 2008, the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) launched a global year against cancer pain to focus attention…
Pain in the Older Person
Pain in the Older Person Paul M. Arnstein Keela Herr Overview Medical science continues to expand its capacity to forestall death. As a result, people are living longer but increasingly…
Persistent Pain in Children
Persistent Pain in Children Bobbie L. Riley Tonya M. Palermo Gary A. Walco Charles Berde Neil L. Schechter Persistent pain problems in children, as in adults, may stem from a…
Fibromyalgia: A Discrete Disease or the End of the Continuum
Fibromyalgia: A Discrete Disease or the End of the Continuum Daniel J. Clauw Chad Brummett Clinical practitioners commonly see patients with pain and other somatic symptoms that they cannot adequately…
Acute Pain Management in Children
Acute Pain Management in Children Stacy J. Peterson Kristen Lynn Labovsky Steven J. Weisman Nociception alerts the organism to potential or actual sources of harm. Nociceptive functions are active at…
Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury
Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury Kevin N. Alschuler Maria Regina Reyes Thomas N. Bryce Pain following spinal cord injury (SCI) is common and includes a spectrum of pain types which…
