Main description:

Anesthesiology and Pain Management contains the edited presentations of the 39th Annual Postgraduate Course in Anesthesiology, February 1994. The chapters reflect new data concepts within the general framework of `pain research and basic science', and `clinical topics in pain management'. The purpose of the textbook is to serve as a vehicle to bring many of the latest concepts in anesthesiology to those who did not attend the conference, within a short time of the formal presentation. Each chapter is a brief but sharply focused glimpse of the current interests in anesthesia. This volume, as well as past and future volumes, reflects the rapid and continuing evolution of anesthesiology in the late twentieth century.

Contents:

Mechanisms of Substance P-Mediated Nociception and Opioid-Mediated Antinociception; A.I. Basbaum Spinal Cord Neuronal Plasticity: Mechanisms of Persistent Pain following Tissue Damage and Nerve Injury; R. Dubner. Local Anesthetic Pharmacology; D.H. Lambert. Pain Research and Basic Science: Pain and the Sympathetic Nervous System; P.G. Fine. Local Anesthesia Toxicity; D.H. Lambert. Effect of Postoperative Pain on Surgical Stress Response; H. Kehlet. Postoperative Pain Assessment and Choice of Methods of Treatment; L.B. Ready. Patient-Controlled Analgesia (Part I): Historical Perspective; P.F. White. Problems in the Management of Postoperative Pain; L.B. Ready. Patient-Controlled Analgesia (Part II): an Update on its Clinical Usage; P.F. White. Organization and Operation of an Acute Pain Service; L.B. Ready. Role of Non-Opioid Analgesics in the Peri-Operative Period; G.P. Joshi, B. Fredman, P.F. White. Effect of Postoperative Pain on Surgical Outcome; H. Kehlet. Postoperative Pain Management in Children; D.C. Tyler. Preemptive Analgesia; H. Kehlet. The Spinal Route of Analgesia: Opioids and Future Options; M.J. Cousins, L.E. Mather, N. Smart, D. White. Problems of Pain Measurement in Children; D.C. Tyler. Post Spinal Injury Pain: Mechanisms and Treatment Options; P.J. Siddal, M. Cousins. Prevention of Post Herpetic Neuralgia; A.P. Winnie. Opioids in the Management of Non-Malignant Pain; B.D. Hare. Epidural Steroids; A.P. Winnie. Multidisciplinary Evaluation and Management of Chronic Pain; T.M. Murphy. Managing the Unmanageable; T.M. Murphy. Neurolytic Blocks -- Current Status in the Treatment of Cancer and Chronic Pain; M.J. Cousins. Chronic Pain Management in Children; D.C. Tyler. Alternative Drug Delivery Systems; J.B. Streisand.