Postoperative pain : science and clinical practice /: science and clinical practice. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Oliver Wilder-Smith, Lars Arendt-Nielsen, David Yarnitsky, Kris C.P. Vissers.
• Editors: Wilder-Smith, O. H. G; Arendt-Nielsen, Lars, 1958-; Yarnitsky, David; Vissers, Kris C. P
• Contents: Persistent post-surgical pain : what do we know and what do we need to know? / Henrik Kehlet -- Effects of damage to skin on nociceptive pathways / Timothy J. Brennan -- The nociceptive capacity of muscle, skeletal, and connective tissue / Thomas Graven-Nielsen and Lars Arendt-Nielsen -- Central nervous system effects of damage to visceral tissues in humans / Asbjorn Mohr Drewes -- Neuroimaging and post-operative persistent pain / A. Vania Apkarian -- Descending control mechanisms and persistent pain after surgery / Mary M. Heinricher -- Neurotransmitters, neuromodulators and ionophores in mechanisms of pain persistence after surgery : from periphery to the brain / Lauren V. Friend, Louisa D. Townson, Anthony H. Dickenson -- Central sensitization, synaptic potentiation, and microglia / Min Zhuo -- Mechanistic quantitative sensory testing : from animals to patients / Lars Arendt-Nielsen, Thomas Graven-Nielsen, and Ole K. Andersen -- Electrophysiological techniques : assessment of spinal nociceptive processing using the withdrawal reflex / Ole K. Andersen and Jose A. Biurrun Manresa -- Electrophysiological techniques to study the supraspinal responses to nociceptive input in humans / Andre Mouraux -- Contribution of positron emission tomography (PET) for understanding neuronal activation and neurotransmission in pain / Anne Stankewitz, Till Sprenger, Enrico Schulz, and Thomas R. Tolle -- Altered perioperative pain processing and persistent pain after surgery / Oliver H.G. Wilder-Smith -- Electroencephalography : a potential valuable tool for measuring central neuroplasticity in the context of acute and persistent postoperative pain / Emanuel N. Van Den Broeke -- Drug effects and altered perioperative pain processing / David Yarnitsky -- Hyperalgesia modulation and chronic pain after surgery / Guy Simonnet and Emilie Laboureyras -- The role of intra-operative nerve injury in persistent postoperative pain / Eske Kvanner Aasvang -- Prevention of pain persistence : anesthesiological aspects / Patricia Lavand'homme.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Wolters Kluwer Health
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (232 pages)
• Subjects: 617.9/195; Postoperative pain; Pain -- Treatment; Analgesics; Analgesics; Pain -- Treatment; Postoperative pain; Pain, Postoperative; Pain Management; Analgesics -- therapeutic use; Pain Measurement
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781496320315
• Related ISBNs: 149632031X
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