Pain Management and Anesthesiology

Preface. Mechanisms of Opioid Analgesia and Tolerance; A. Basbaum. Descending Facilitation of Pain; G.F. Gebhart. The Contribution of NMDA and Second Messengers to the Persistent Pain States Produced by Tissue and Nerve Injury; A. Basbaum. New Clinical Pharmacology Concepts in Pain Management; T.D. Egan. The Contribution of Substance P to Long-Term Changes in the Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn: Reorganization in the Setting of Persistent Injury; A. Basbaum. Pain and the Surgical Stress Response; H.Kehlet. Visceral Pain and Visceral Hyperalgesia; G.F. Gebhart. Postoperative Pain: Assessment and Choice of Methods of Treatment; L.B. Ready. Patient-Controlled Analgesia (Part I): Historical Perspective; P.F. White. Peripheral Treatment of Acute Pain; H. Kehlet, J. Lind Pedersen. Patient-Controlled Analgesia (Part II): Update on its Clinical Usage; P.F. White. Organization and Operation of an Acute Pain Server; L.B. Ready. Use of Non-Opioid Analgesic Techniques; P.F. White. Pain Management in Children; L.J. Rice. Effect of Postoperative Pain on Surgical Outcome; H. Kehlet. Pain Assessment in Kids - The Fifth Vital Sign; L.J. Rice. Complications and Relative Safety of Regional Anesthesia in Children; L.M. Broadman. Pediatric Sedation Challenges Outside the Operating Room; L.J. Rice. Spinal Opioids: Clinical Applications for Acute and Chronic Pain; S.M. Walker, M.J. Cousins, D.B. Carr. Epidural Steroids; A.P. Winnie. Mechanisms and Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury Pain: An Update; P.J. Siddall, D.A. Taylor, M.J. Cousins. Prevention of Post-Herpetic Neuralgia; A.P. Winnie. Update on Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology of Epidural Neural Blockade; M.J. Cousins, B.T. Verring. The Interface between Acute and Chronic Pain Management; L.B. Ready. Radiation Safety for the Pain Physician and the Use of a Laser Guided C-Arm to Facilitate Pain Block Placements; L.M. Broadman.