Neuropathic Pain (WHAT DO I DO NOW PAIN MEDICINE)

Description

Neuropathic pain is one of the most common, debilitating, costly, and difficult to treat categories of chronic pain conditions characterized by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system. Neuropathic Pain, part of the What Do I Do Now? Pain Medicine series, brings together in one volume 45 cases which expertly explore the diagnoses, assessment, management, and treatment of various types of neuropathic pain including less common and complex cases. Treatment of neuropathic pain requires skillful assessment and management. Neuropathic Pain provides an engaging collection of thought-provoking cases which clinicians can utilize when they encounter challenging situations. The volume is also a self-assessment tool that tests the reader's ability to answer the question, "What do I do now?" Cover Page Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Contents Contributors SECTION 1 Clinical Cases, Diagnosis, and Management 1 Is This Neuropathic Pain? 2 How to Implement First-Line Therapeutic Management 3 Itch and Herpes Zoster 4 Chronic Low Back and Leg Pain 5 Painful Legs and Diabetes (1) 6 Painful Legs and Diabetes (2) 7 Groin Pain After Hernia Repair 8 Pain and Paresthesia of the Hand 9 Pain After Surgery for Hand Fracture 10 Pain After Amputation 11 Pain and Breast Cancer Surgery 12 Cold-​Evoked Symptoms After Chemotherapy 13 Cervicobrachial Pain and Cancer 14 My Body Is Boiling 15 Pain and COVID-​19 16 Perineal Pain 17 Burning Mouth 18 Orofacial Pain 19 A Lightning in the Face 20 Brachial Plexus Avulsion 21 Pain and Paraplegia 22 Pain and Multiple Sclerosis 23 Sudden-​Onset Facial Pain 24 Pain and Parkinson Disease 25 Red Feet and Hands 26 Neuropathic Pain in a Child SECTION 2 COMMON THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS 27 Antidepressants and Antiepileptics 28 Topical Therapy 29 Opioids 30 Physical Therapy 31 Psychotherapies: How, When, and Why 32 Complementary Medicine 33 Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation SECTION 3 SPECIALIZED ASSESSMENT AND THERAPY 34 Management of High-​Risk Patients 35 Management of Patients with Comorbidities 36 Management of Neuropathic Pain: Patient-​Reported Outcome Measures 37 Management of Neuropathic Pain: Quantitative Sensory Testing 38 Complementary Investigations 39 The Case of Cannabinoids 40 Nerve Blocks and Drug Infusions 41 Noninvasive Brain Stimulation 42 When Do I Refer for Invasive Therapies? 43 Peripheral Nerve Stimulation and Pulsed Radiofrequency 44 Spinal Cord Stimulation 45 Invasive Brain Stimulation and Intrathecal Therapy Index