Evidence-based Interventional Pain Medicine: According to Clinical Diagnoses

Van Zundert, Jan MD, PhD

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Book Information
Edition:	1st
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN:	0-470-67130-0 (0470671300)
ISBN-13:	978-0-470-67130-6 (9780470671306)
Binding:	Hardcover
Copyright:	2012
Publish Date:	12/11
Weight:	1.97 Lbs.
Pages:	238
Carton Quantity:	13
Subject Class:	NEU (Neurology and Neuroscience)
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Class Specifications
Discipline:	Nervous Sys
Subject Definition:	Chronic Pain-Therapy; Pain Management; Evidence-Based Med
NLM Class:	WL 704
LC Class:	RB127
Abstract:	Chronic pain has been subject to multiple international initiatives through the World Health Organization. Interventional Pain Medicine, the use of minimally invasive techniques to relieve pain, is the best approach when simpler measures such as physical therapy or medications fail. However, these procedures can be associated with significant risk and expense. Establishing uniformity in diagnostic criteria and procedural performance can reduce both morbidity and unnecessary procedures, and hence healthcare expenditures. While other texts explain how to perform these procedures, little focus has been given to diagnostic considerations: if and when these procedures should be performed. Evidence-Based Interventional Pain Medicine focuses on a balance between effectiveness and safety of interventional management for specific diagnoses, across all areas of chronic pain. ... Evidence-Based Interventional Pain Medicine provides essential knowledge for anyone who uses, or intends to use, interventional pain techniques.