Objectives. Provide a framework for comprehensive pain evaluation and individualized
multimodal treatment. Improve quality of life and function in patients experiencing pain, while …

Proper evaluation of the pain complaint. Importance of understanding the underlying
pathology of pain with the goal of matching the pain medication and treatment to the …

Pain affects hundreds of millions of Americans every year; in fact pain is a normal part of life.
The 2012 National Health Interview Study showed that 11.2% of adults report having daily …

Pain, and particularly chronic pain, is a difficult outcome to measure due to its subjective and
multidimensional nature. The Institute of Medicine estimates that 100 million Americans …

Title: Clinical pain management: a practical guide/edited by Mary E. Lynch, Kenneth D.
Craig, Philip W. Peng. Other titles: Clinical pain management (Lynch) Description: Second …

The traditional stimulus-response model of physiologic pain is conceptually appealing and
has laid the foundation for a more comprehensive understanding of nociceptive pathways …

Chronic pain is a significant public health problem in the United States. While the
understanding that pain is an important biological signal has always been appreciated by …

In 2001, the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
introduced a series of compliance guidelines designed to improve pain care. JCAHO …

In spite of having the knowledge, medicines, skills and technology to manage nearly all
severe pain, unrelieved pain continues to be a significant problem that decreases quality of …

Largely reorganised and much expanded in this second edition, Practice and Procedures
brings together in a single volume general methods of pain assessment and presents the …