Primary Care Pain Management

Description:

Authored by experts in pain medicine and internal medicine at the University of California, Davis, Primary Care Pain Management delivers just the right amount of clinically relevant information for primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. Addressing safe and effective pain management in the primary care setting, it follows a user-friendly, high-yield format for quick reference at the point of care, helping you understand the full range of options for treating patients with chronic and acute pain.

Table of Contents:

Section I Basic Principles

Part 1: Basic Principles of Chronic Pain in the Primary Care Setting

Essential Tools of Primary Care Pain Medicine

Pain Anatomy and Physiology

Targeted Pain Interview

Motivational Interviewing

Rational Analgesic Polypharmacotherapy: A Novel Treatment Approach in Pain Management

Part 2: Special Populations

Health Disparities in Pain Management

Geriatric Patients

Pediatric Patients

Section II Psychiatric Disorders and Pain

The General Medical Psychiatric Interview

Somatization Disorders

Supportive Psychotherapy and Chronic Pain Primary Care

Addiction

Section III Fundamentals of Pain History, Physical Exam and Assessment

Neuropathic Pain

Headaches and Other Facial Pain Syndromes

Cervical Spine

Shoulder Pain

Chest Wall Pain

Abdominal Pain

Lumbar Spine

Hip Pain

Knee, Ankle, and Foot Pain

Pelvic Pain

Section IV Chronic Pain Treatment

Part 1: Non-Pharmacologic Therapies

Physical Therapies in the Management of Pain

Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine

Regenerative Medicine

Integrative Pain Management

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Biofeedback Applications for the Management of Medical, Psychiatric, and Neurocognitive Conditions in the Primary Care Setting

Non-pharmacologic options for the treatment of Neuropathic Pain

Part 2: Pharmacologic Therapies

Medicolegal Essentials and Best Practices in Opioid Prescribing

Buprenorphine Use in the Primary Care Setting

Role of Naloxone in Pain Management

Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

Neuropathic Pain Medications

Compounded Topical Analgesics

Index