Bridging the gap between the medical literature and the practice of lumbar spine medicine, this user-friendly, accessible text describes the causes of lower back pain and associated "e;sciatic"e; pathologies and how these problems can be successfully treated without surgery.
In this book, headache experts summarize all the currently available therapies for primary headaches and most importantly, describe the 'tricks' that can ensure the success of headache pharmacotherapy.
This book offers a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of optimal postoperative care in patients who have undergone thoracic surgery and discusses challenging issues that are of interest not only in the context of thoracic surgery but also more generally within the fields of anesthesia, intensive care, and pain medicine.
Written in a succinct format, this book presents a variety of pain conditions seen in acute or sub-acute rehabilitation hospitals and in outpatient clinical settings.
This book provides a detailed overview of the current state of knowledge regarding the pathophysiology of both primary headaches - migraine, tension-type headache (TTH), and cluster headache - and the very important and frequent type of secondary headache, medication overuse headache (MOH).
The highly successful Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology continue to offer high-quality, in-depth reviews covering the full range of modern physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology.
This is the first atlas to depict in high-resolution images the fine structure of the spinal canal, the nervous plexuses, and the peripheral nerves in relation to clinical practice.
This book will enable the reader to gain a sound understanding of contemporary and futuristic evidence-based interventions and assessment procedures for pelvic floor disorders.
In recent years the field of regional anesthesia, in particular peripheral and neuraxial nerve blocks, has seen an unprecedented renaissance following the introduction of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia.
Because diagnosing orofacial pain can be a challenge, the book describes the appropriate history-taking methods, detailed examinations, and relevant tests that will help clinicians to work through the differential diagnosis.
Zur Palliativmedizin gehört neben der sozialen, psychologischen und spirituellen Begleitung eine gute Schmerztherapie, die sich nach Art und Intensität der Schmerzen, sowie der unmittelbaren sozialen Umgebung der Patienten richtet.
Linderung von Beschwerden von Schwerkranken und Sterbenden sind zentrales Thema dieses Buches, wobei physische, psychische, seelische und soziale Aspekte integriert gesehen werden.
International experts present in this volume advances in reconstructive neurosurgery focusing on the fields of neurotrauma and neurodegenerative disorders.
Selten hatte eine Krankheit soviel Mutlosigkeit hervorgerufen wie die Spondylarthritis - kylosans: bei den Betroffenen, weil viele einem unausweichlich scheinenden Schicksal e- gegengingen, das zwar unterschiedliche Facetten aufwies, aber zumeist unangenehme und in ihrem Ausmaß nicht vorhersagbare; und bei den Ärzten durch das bisherige Bewusstsein einer therapeutischen Ohnmacht (zugleich dadurch verknüpft mit diagnostischer Ab- stumpftheit, die zu mehrjähriger Verzögerung in der Krankheitserkennung führte).
Die Autoren vermitteln in diesem Band das erforderliche Wissen für Diagnostik, Differentialdiagnose, Indikationsstellung und eine erfolgreiche Therapie bei nicht tumorbedingten chronischen Schmerzerkrankungen.
Die Autoren vermitteln in diesem Band das erforderliche Wissen für Diagnostik, Differentialdiagnose, Indikationsstellung und eine erfolgreiche Therapie bei nicht tumorbedingten chronischen Schmerzerkrankungen.
Chronische Schmerzen und ihre Behandlung stellen für die Betroffenen eine beträchtliche Belastung und für das Gesundheitssystem eine enorme Herausforderung dar.
Chronische Schmerzen und ihre Behandlung stellen für die Betroffenen eine beträchtliche Belastung und für das Gesundheitssystem eine enorme Herausforderung dar.
Das Buch gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über die Inhalte und Anforderungen des Schmerzmanagements bei akuten Schmerzen in der Pflege nach dem Expertenstandard.
This expansive text offers a comprehensive mind/body/spirit framework for relieving individual patients of the debilitating effects of long-term disease while reducing the public burden of chronic illness.
Representing a state-of-the-art appraisal of this viral infection and its complications, this book comprises contributions from international authorities in infectious diseases, varicella-voster virus infections, and neuropathic pain.
This cutting-edge book is a quick reference guide to the evidence-based evaluation, diagnosis, and management of the broad spectrum of orofacial disorders.
This book, the third and final volume in the Meaning of Pain series, describes what pain means to people with pain in "e;vulnerable"e; groups, and how meaning changes pain - and them - over time.
This groundbreaking analysis moves our knowledge of pain and its effects from the biomedical model to one accounting for its complex psychosocial dimensions.
This book traces the global chemical history of cannabidiol (CBD), which is a compound that originates partially from hemp (the fiber), marijuana (the popularized term for medicinal/recreational use), and cannabis (the species sativa).
Numerous improvements in our understanding of the mechanisms that underlie neuropathic pain states have come from the development of animal models, most of which involve partial peripheral nerve injury.
Several new developments in the field of neuroimmunology with focus on the brain-to-immune system communication have been the incentive for this PIR volume.
