Fundamentals of Pain Medicine : How to Diagnose and Treat Your Patients

Diagnose and treat your patients confidently with__Fundamentals of Pain Medicine.__This comprehensive new resource addresses the concerns you face when treating your patients with acute and chronic pain. Chapters present the key pain management options available today along with expert advice and insight into overcoming diagnostic and therapeutic obstacles, including prescribing medications and avoiding opioid abuse. In addition to interventional and non-interventional treatments, multidisciplinary approaches such as physical therapy, complementary therapy, and chiropractic treatment are presented. __Fundamentals of Pain Medicine__ is an essential guide for any healthcare professional seeking to improve the quality of pain treatments and patients’ comfort. **Features:*** eBook with searchable text, accessible image bank, and patient education materials * Illustrations accompanying text with numerous images and boxed elements * Numerous case examples and most common treatments, relevant and applicable to everyday clinical use * Step-by-step instruction on office-based procedures __Now with the print edition, enjoy the bundled interactive eBook edition, offering tablet, smartphone, or online access__* Complete content with enhanced navigation * A powerful search that pulls results from content in the book, your notes, and even the web * Cross-linked pages, references, and more for easy navigation * Highlighting tool for easier reference of key content throughout the text * Ability to take and share notes with friends and colleagues * Quick reference tabbing to save your favorite content for future Diagnose and treat your patients confidently with Fundamentals of Pain Medicine. This comprehensive new resource addresses the concerns you face when treating your patients with acute and chronic pain. Chapters present the key pain management options available today along with expert advice and insight into overcoming diagnostic and therapeutic obstacles, including prescribing medications and avoiding opioid abuse. In addition to interventional and non-interventional treatments, multidisciplinary approaches such as physical therapy, complementary therapy, and chiropractic treatment are presented. Fundamentals of Pain Medicine is an essential guide for any healthcare professional seeking to improve the quality of pain treatments and patients’ comfort. Features: eBook with searchable text, accessible image bank, and patient education materials Illustrations accompanying text with numerous images and boxed elements Numerous case examples and most common treatments, relevant and applicable to everyday clinical use Step-by-step instruction on office-based procedures Now with the print edition, enjoy the bundled interactive eBook edition, offering tablet, smartphone, or online access Complete content with enhanced navigation A powerful search that pulls results from content in the book, your notes, and even the web Cross-linked pages, references, and more for easy navigation Highlighting tool for easier reference of key content throughout the text Ability to take and share notes with friends and colleagues Quick reference tabbing to save your favorite content for future Some Patients Present With A Primary Complaint Of Pain While Others Complain Of Pain Secondary To A More Generalized Disease Process Or Procedure. As A Healthcare Professional, You Are Trained To Diagnose The Pathology And Then Treat It. A Patient Presents With Pneumonia, Your Work-up Supports The Diagnosis; You Treat It, Then The Patient Gets Better. However, Another Layer Of Patient Care Needs More Focus In The Medical Community. If The Patient With Pneumonia Complains Of Intercostal Pain Secondary To A Violent Cough, We Have The Ability To Manage The Symptoms Of Pain Effectively, And Should Not Hesitate To Do So Promptly. Our Actions To Alleviate Pain Will Not Hinder Our Ability To Treat The Underlying Disease. Yet Modern Medicine Often Considers These Goals Mutually Exclusive, With Pain Management A Distance Second. As Medical Professionals, When We Have An Incomplete Understanding Of How To Treat A Condition, We Under Treat It, Erring On The Side Of Do No Harm. This Book Will Give You The Confidence To Confront Your Patient's Discomfort And Succeed In Conquering The Pain--provided By Publisher. J.d. Hoppenfeld. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "Some patients present with a primary complaint of pain while others complain of pain secondary to a more generalized disease process or procedure. As a healthcare professional, you are trained to diagnose the pathology and then treat it. A patient presents with pneumonia, your work-up supports the diagnosis; you treat it, then the patient gets better. However, another layer of patient care needs more focus in the medical community. If the patient with pneumonia complains of intercostal pain secondary to a violent cough, we have the ability to manage the symptoms of pain effectively, and should not hesitate to do so promptly. Our actions to alleviate pain will not hinder our ability to treat the underlying disease. Yet modern medicine often considers these goals mutually exclusive, with pain management a distance second. As medical professionals, when we have an incomplete understanding of how to treat a condition, we under treat it, erring on the side of do no harm. This book will give you the confidence to confront your patient's discomfort and succeed in conquering the pain"-- Provided by publisher