Medical management of chronic pain

Medical management of chronic wound pain

R Gary Sibbald is Professor, Medicine and Public Health Science; Director of Continuing Education, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; Director of Dermatology, Daycare and Wound Healing Clinic, Sunnybrook and Women’s Health Sciences Centre; Toronto Wound Healing Centres, Toronto, Ontario; and Chairman (Toronto Meeting 2008) of the World Union of Wound Healing Societies. Adam Katchky ...

Management of chronic pain

Until 50 years ago chronic pain was not considered to be a medical condition that required special evaluation and treatment facilities. Pain was considered to be an indicator of tissue damage and appropriate medical or surgical treatment was prescribed for this. The many patients who had continuing pain because of the results of disease or trauma or because acute treatment was unable to relieve...

Management of chronic pain

Pain in Chronic Medical Illness

1 Department of Biology and Environmental Science, Simpson College, 701 North C Street, Indianola, IA 50125, USA Department of Anesthesia, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Suite 207F, 780 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA 94040, USA Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 67 President Street, IOP 5-North, 507, Charleston, SC 29...

Chronic pain: management principles

This book comprises a widespread and useful series of reviews on many aspects of malabsorption. The chapter authors are largely from the USA with a sprinkling of gastroenterologists from other parts of the world. The individual chapters are well-referenced. Many individual topics are discussed in detail, including intestinal immunity and malabsorption, and the relationship of alcohol, nutrition...