Regional Anaesthesia Analgesia and Pain Management

Pathophysiology of pain and genetic advance.- 1 - Integrated axon-synapse unit in the central nervous system.- 2 - Neurochemical memory in pain circuits.- 3 - Withdrawal reflex: phylosophy and physiology.- 4 - Pathophysiology of pain modulation.- 5 - Role of the central nervous system in processing pain stimuli and perspectives of pharmacological intervention.- 6 - Pain and the genome.- Pharmacology.- 7 - Clinical pharmacology of local anaesthetic agents.- 8 - Drug interactions and systemic toxicity.- 9 - Placental transfer of pharmacological agents.- 10 - Clinical perspectives of cholecystokinin antagonists in pain management.- 11 - Clinical pharmacology of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: novel acquisitions.- 12 - Opioids.- 13 - Psychoactive drugs and pain.- Regional techniques.- 14 - Trigeminal neuralgia and atypical facial pain: current concepts on etiopathogenesis and diagnosis.- 15 - Trigeminal nerve block and surgery.- 16 - Cervical plexus block.- 17 - Neuroaxial analgesia: epidural and spinal drugs.- 18 - Combined spinal epidural anaesthesia.- 19 - Imaging for regional block: clinical applications of sympathetic blockade in pain therapy.- 20 - Postoperative advantages of regional anaesthesia.- Organization of pain service.- 21 - Organization of acute pain services.- Regional anaesthesia in specialties.- 22 - Regional analgesia and anaesthesia in obstetrics.- 23 - Regional anaesthetic techniques in orthopaedics.- Guidelines of acute and chronic pain management.- 24 - Guidelines on acute postoperative pain management.- 25 - Guidelines on chronic pain management.- 26 - Terminal cancer illness: strategies and management.- Cost-effectiveness of loco-regional anaesthesia.- 27 - Cost effectiveness ofanaesthesia/analgesia.- Main symbols.