Pain Syndromes in Neurology : Butterworths International Medical Reviews

This volume addresses the clinical aspects of difficult pain syndrome - an area where recent research is now rapidly being translated into practice and patient management. Content: Butterworths International Medical Reviews , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Foreword , Page v , C.D. Marsden, A.K. Asbury Preface , Pages vii-viii , Howard L. Fields Contributors , Pages ix-x 1 - Introduction , Pages 1-18 , H.L. Fields 2 - Hyperalgesia and sensitization of primary afferent fibers , Pages 19-45 , Srinivasa N. Raja, Richard A. Meyer, James N. Campbell 3 - Pain and the pathophysiology of damaged nerve , Pages 47-83 , Marshall Devor, Z. Harry Rappaport 4 - Sympathetic nervous system influence on acute and chronic pain , Pages 85-106 , William J. Roberts, Ronald C. Kramis 5 - Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome: diagnosis and treatment , Pages 107-129 , Richard Payne 6 - Pain in generalized neuropathies , Pages 131-141 , Arthur K. Asbury 7 - Management of nociceptive, deafferentation and central pain by surgical intervention , Pages 143-200 , Ronald R. Tasker 8 - Deafferentation syndromes and dorsal root entry zone lesions , Pages 201-222 , Kim J. Burchiel 9 - Postherpetic neuralgia: clinical features and treatment , Pages 223-238 , C.P.N. Watson 10 - Diagnosis of cancer pain syndromes , Pages 239-255 , Russell K. Portenoy 11 - Pharmacologic management of chronic pain , Pages 257-278 , Russell K. Portenoy Index , Pages 279-286 Pain Syndromes in Neurology deals with the diagnosis and treatment of painful conditions associated with dysfunction of the peripheral or central nervous system. It discusses advances in three areas: first, the normal anatomy and physiology of pain; second, the pathophysiology of damaged sensory neurons; and third, the diagnosis and treatment of patients with neuropathic pain. The book begins with a discussion of neural mechanisms relevant to pain perception along with a brief review of neuropathic pain. This is followed by separate chapters on hyperalgesia following cutaneous injury; the importance of peripheral processes in the etiology of neuropathic and radiculopathic pain; and mechanisms by which sympathetic efferent fibers contribute to the occurrence of pain. Subsequent chapters cover the diagnosis and treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy; pain in generalized neuropathies; surgical treatment of pain; clinical features and management of postherpetic neuralgia; diagnosis of cancer pain syndromes; and drugs in the management of chronic pain.