Essentials of Pain Medicine - Hardcover

Benzon MD, Honorio; Raja MD, Srinivasa N.; Fishman MD, Scott M; Liu MD, Spencer S; Cohen MD, Steven P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0323401961 ISBN 13: 9780323401968

Publisher: Elsevier, 2017

Synopsis

Accessible, concise, and clinically focused, Essentials of Pain Medicine, 4th Edition, by Drs. Honorio T. Benzon, Srinivasa N. Raja, Scott M. Fishman, Spencer S. Liu, and Steven P. Cohen, presents a complete, full-color overview of today’s theory and practice of pain medicine and regional anesthesia. It provides practical guidance on the full range of today’s pharmacologic, interventional, neuromodulative, physiotherapeutic, and psychological management options for the evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons in pain.

• Covers all you need to know to stay up to date in practice and excel at examinations – everything from basic considerations through local anesthetics, nerve block techniques, acupuncture, cancer pain, and much more
• Uses a practical, quick-reference format with short, easy-to-read chapters
• Presents the management of pain for every setting where it is practiced, including the emergency room, the critical care unit, and the pain clinic

About this title

About the Authors

Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology

Associate Chair for Academic Affairs and Promotions

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Chicago, Illinois

Professor of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Neurology

Director of Pain Research

Division of Pain Medicine

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland

Edmond I Eger Professor of Anesthesiology

Vice Chair, Research and Pain Medicine

Departments of Anesthesiology, Neurology, PM&R, Psychiatry and Neurological Surgery

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Chicago, Illinois

Director, Pain Research

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Bethesda, Maryland

Executive Director, Pain Service Line
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Translational Neuroscience and Public Health
Director, Pain Outcomes Lab
Co-Director, NIH-HEAL MIRHIQL Center
Wake Forest University of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0323401961
• ISBN 13: 9780323401968
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 872
• Editor: Hurley MD PhD Robert W.