Main description:

"The Neurologist's Guide to Pain: A Case-based Approach" aims to guide the interested clinician and practicing neurologist in developing a pain-focused knowledge base as well as an appreciation for the affective consequences of pain. Each chapter includes the following: a neurologically based pain case; keys to proper assessment; relevant diagnostic test results and guides to interpretation; major alternatives in treatment; and, a discussion of the relevant neuroanatomical pathways. Each chapter will include a brief bibliography, questions for self-testing and recommendations for advanced reading. The chapters will be written with minimum jargon so that clinicians without prior pain training will have immediate access to relevant information.The chapter topics are selected for relevance to clinical practice, and the authors are recognized experts in their fields. Each chapter will consist of 18-20 pages including references. References will be limited to those most pertinent to the case and not exceed 20 references per chapter.

Contents:

Introduction: The Pain Processing System in health and disease The application of neurology to pain assessment and diagnosis Beth Murinson, M.D., Ph.D. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Neuromodulation: the common pathway of pain treatments The mechanisms of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments Charles E. Argoff, M.D. Albany Medical College Acute Headache Jason Rosenberg M.D. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Chronic Headache Stephen Silberstein, M.D. Thomas Jefferson School of Medicine Orofacial Pain David Keith DDS- Harvard Medical School David Borsook, M.D. Harvard Medical School Cervical radiculopathy and other neck pain Brett Stacey, M.D. Oregon Health Sciences University Lumbar radiculopathy and other back pain John Markman, M.D. University of Rochester Medical School Focal Neuropathic Pain and Painful peripheral neuropathy Beth Murinson, M.D. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Central Neuropathic Pain Srinivasa Raja, M.D. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Misha Backonja, M.D. University of Wisconsin Medical School Fibromyalgia Charles Argoff, M.D. Albany Medical College Musculoskeletal pain conditions Steve Stanos, D.O. Northwestern University Medical School Chest Pain Howard Smith, M.D. Albany Medical College Abdominal and Pelvic Pain Ursula Wesselman, M.D. University of Alabama Pain in pregnancy and the post-partum period Sheila Dugan M.D. Rush University Medical School Catastrophic Pain Jennifer Haythornewaite, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Neonatal Pain Maria Fitzgerald , M.B.B.S. University College, London Pediatric Pain and Pain in Adolescence Sabine Kost-Byerly M.D. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine