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dr randall pain management: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Randall L. Braddom, Ralph M. Buschbacher, 2007 Comprehensive text on physical medicine and rehabilitation, with an emphasis on keeping 'reader efficiency' in mind. Sections include: evaluation of patients, treatment techniques and special equipment, therapeutic issues and problems, and specific diagnoses. Expanded material on sensory rehabilitation interventional procedures critical thinking in, and complications resulting from, alternative medicine acupuncture imaging pharmacology and manual medicine results in the most complete, well-rounded coverage of the field. |
dr randall pain management: Deer's Treatment of Pain Timothy R. Deer, Jason E. Pope, Tim J. Lamer, David Provenzano, 2019-08-01 Designed and written by a team of clinically established academics, this is a unique book that is an excellent manual for physicians practicing pain medicine or treating pain in neurosurgery, orthopedic, neurology, or family practice clinics. As a practical resource, this book is written to be more accessible to the reader and is designed to be more clinically-focused and useful in day-to-day practice. This 102 chapter volume is divided into seven separate sections: Anatomy and Physiology of Pain, Psychology of Pain, Pharmacological Treatment of Pain, Interventional Treatment of Pain, Adjuvant Therapies for Pain and Suggested Reading. The calculated organization of this book is supplemented by key photos, drawings and a self-assessment of four key questions at the end of each chapter -- thus making it an indispensable, pragmatic resource that will benefit anyone working in the pain management field. Deer's Treatment of Pain: An Illustrated Guide for Practitioners contains pearls for improving knowledge and improving one’s practice as a physician. |
dr randall pain management: Pain Management Joav Merrick, Mohammed Morad, 2022 Before neurons and their role in pain were understood, there have been many explanations to account for pain. Hippocrates (370-460 BCE) believed that it was due to an imbalance in vital fluids and in the 11th century Avicenna (980-1037) theorized that there were a number of feeling senses including touch, pain and titillation. Today we talk about four types of pain: 1) Nociceptive pain: Typically the result of tissue injury, 2) Inflammatory pain: An abnormal inflammation caused by an inappropriate response by the body's immune system, 3) Neuropathic pain: Pain caused by nerve irritation and 4) Functional pain: Pain without obvious origin. About 20% of adults have chronic pain and 7% of adults have chronic pain that frequently limits life or work activities, which increases with age. In this book we have gathered recent international research on pain and pain management from internationally renowned researchers from around the world, which we hope will be of interest to the reader-- |
dr randall pain management: Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Committee on Pain Management and Regulatory Strategies to Address Prescription Opioid Abuse, 2017-09-28 Drug overdose, driven largely by overdose related to the use of opioids, is now the leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States. The ongoing opioid crisis lies at the intersection of two public health challenges: reducing the burden of suffering from pain and containing the rising toll of the harms that can arise from the use of opioid medications. Chronic pain and opioid use disorder both represent complex human conditions affecting millions of Americans and causing untold disability and loss of function. In the context of the growing opioid problem, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched an Opioids Action Plan in early 2016. As part of this plan, the FDA asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to convene a committee to update the state of the science on pain research, care, and education and to identify actions the FDA and others can take to respond to the opioid epidemic, with a particular focus on informing FDA's development of a formal method for incorporating individual and societal considerations into its risk-benefit framework for opioid approval and monitoring. |
dr randall pain management: Relieving Pain in America Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Committee on Advancing Pain Research, Care, and Education, 2011-10-26 Chronic pain costs the nation up to $635 billion each year in medical treatment and lost productivity. The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act required the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enlist the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in examining pain as a public health problem. In this report, the IOM offers a blueprint for action in transforming prevention, care, education, and research, with the goal of providing relief for people with pain in America. To reach the vast multitude of people with various types of pain, the nation must adopt a population-level prevention and management strategy. The IOM recommends that HHS develop a comprehensive plan with specific goals, actions, and timeframes. Better data are needed to help shape efforts, especially on the groups of people currently underdiagnosed and undertreated, and the IOM encourages federal and state agencies and private organizations to accelerate the collection of data on pain incidence, prevalence, and treatments. Because pain varies from patient to patient, healthcare providers should increasingly aim at tailoring pain care to each person's experience, and self-management of pain should be promoted. In addition, because there are major gaps in knowledge about pain across health care and society alike, the IOM recommends that federal agencies and other stakeholders redesign education programs to bridge these gaps. Pain is a major driver for visits to physicians, a major reason for taking medications, a major cause of disability, and a key factor in quality of life and productivity. Given the burden of pain in human lives, dollars, and social consequences, relieving pain should be a national priority. |
dr randall pain management: Neuropathic Pain Jianguo Cheng, 2019-01-21 Neuropathic pain is one of the most common, most debilitating, most costly, and most difficult to treat categories of chronic pain conditions that are characterized by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system. Managing neuropathic pain is challenging and requires skillful assessment and comprehensive and integrated treatment strategies that are mechanism-guided, evidence-based, and individualized. However, these critical and integral elements are very fragmented in the current literature. The mechanistic understanding of neuropathic pain is typically found in basic research articles. Clinical research evidence is presented in forms of clinical trials with emphasis on minimizing biases such as those from patient selection and assessment. Individualized considerations for each patient are usually presented in case reports and problem-based learning discussions. This book overcomes these barriers and integrates all the critical elements around individual patient care into a coherent management strategy that is practical and applicable to daily clinical practice. Rather than compiling what have been published in the literature, this work emphasizes on identifying and highlighting the key points or findings that guide decision-making in clinical practice. It integrates the key points around a typical case scenario that not only represents the core of the diagnostic and therapeutic processes but also allows introduction and differentiation of painful conditions that bare similarities with the case in hand. The overarching goal is to improve clinical outcomes through better understanding of the mechanisms, more accurate diagnosis, and wiser and more comprehensive treatment strategies. |
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dr randall pain management: Pain Management Renee Goossens, Ren E Goossens, 2010-10 Pain Management is a unique book written by a patient herself a chronic pain sufferer for over four decades for patients. Rene Goossens recounts her battles with pain and her inspirational success in surviving pain. Pain Management provides up to date information, reference material and case histories on sensitive issues of Dementia Care, Neurol... |
dr randall pain management: Pain Management Milica Prostran, 2016-05-25 This book has seven chapters, from more than 15 authors from different countries (Korea, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey and USA) edited by Professor Milica Prostran MD, PhD. The potential reader is shown the modern approach to pain management because the chapters deal at length and clearly with their topics. I believe that this book that I edited with great pleasure and dedication will capture the attention of many readers, from medical students to practicing doctors. All of them need to deal with this extremely important field of medicine: pain treatment. I do believe that the answers they may find in Pain Management will make their practice easier. Also, the life of their patients will be considerably more pleasant, or at least more bearable. |
dr randall pain management: Dr. Doctor's Little Back Book Uday Doctor, 2018-05-19 Back pain? Neck pain? Shoulder pain? Hip pain? Buttock pain? Groin pain? Rib pain? Arm or leg pain? Tailbone pain? All these types of pain are commonly due to a specific problem in the spine. Dr. Doctor's Little Back Book: All the Secrets You Need to Know about Causes and Solutions for Neck, Mid-back, and Lower Back Pain provides readers with easy-to-follow instructions to determine the specific problem creating their discomfort and simple explanations to offer the relief they seek. Written to educate and guide everyone with spine pain or other areas of musculoskeletal pain that actually originates from the spine, the Little Back Book offers insight into Dr. Doctor's unique approach to treating back pain. A lot of discomfort that people experience in different areas of the body are due to problems in their spine, including the shoulder, hip, buttock, groin, rib and mid-back, arm and leg and even the tailbone. Dr. Doctor empowers patients and health care providers alike in not only providing a clear-cut pathway in achieving a diagnosis, but provides alternatives in reaching an endpoint. Drawing on more than twenty years of experience as a leader in the field, noted spinal diagnostics specialist, Dr. Uday Doctor, has found that the key to managing spine pain lies in simply locating the specific structure in the spine. Too often, patients are treated without ever receiving a diagnosis. Dr. Doctor's Little Back Book offers back pain patients, health care providers, physical therapists and trainers an easy-to-use manual in diagnosing and treating specific structure based spine pain. Packed with more than 190 pictures and diagrams, Dr. Doctor's Little Back Book offers readers vital information: An in-depth explanation of how the spine creates pain How the spine causes many types of pain including shoulder pain, hip pain, arm and leg pain, buttock pain, rib pain, and even groin pain The importance of diagnosing before treating spine pain Why MRI's should be used only as a secondary tool for diagnosis Step-by-step instructions in locating the exact structure that is creating the discomfort Solving the problem of spine pain without the use of narcotics The benefit of using minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to pinpoint the source of pain The book also introduces the Straight Spine Safe Spine Therapy and Exercise Program, which gives you a physical therapy and exercise program for each specific problem in the spine. The program also shows you how to prevent re-injuring the spine by teaching proper body posture and mechanics, as well as giving you an exercise program designed to keep you from aggravating the specific problem that was creating your pain. The Straight Spine Safe Spine Program: Gives you a physical therapy and exercise program to decrease your pain Teaches you how to use correct body position and mechanics to prevent recurrences of pain Shows you how to exercise without inflaming the part of your spine that was creating your pain Finally, Dr. Doctor answers the most common questions that he has been asked by his patients over the last twenty years. This includes topics such as: Does Laser surgery for the spine really exist? When is radiofrequency ablation effective for spine pain? Why did my pain injections not work? Are my diagnosis of fibromyalgia, neuropathy, or restless leg syndrome actually due to a problem in my spine? Could the swelling in my legs be due to a problem in my spine? How does a herniated disc in my spine create buttock and hip pain? |
dr randall pain management: Pain Management in the Postpartum Period, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology Randall P. Flick, James R. Hebl, 2013-09-25 This issue of Clinics in Perinatology will carry the reader through the perinatal period and examine pain management throughout that continuum. Beginning with the genetics of obstetrical pain and opioid use in pregnancy, the discussion moves to the provision of anesthesia to the mother and fetus during fetal surgery - an area of intense concern and interest in many centers. There is an extensive discussion of both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic management of pain during delivery. A discussion of regional anesthetic techniques is increasingly relevant in light of increasing evidence of adverse neurodevelopmental consequences of fetal exposure to general anesthetics and sedatives. Pain, its implications and management, are extensively covered including discussions of how to assess neonatal pain and how best to provide sedation and non-pharmacologic pain management, systemic pharmacologic, or regional techniques. Of particular interest are the reviews of the potential neurodevelopmental impact of both the treatment and the failure to adequately treat pain in the newborn. This topic is receiving an enormous amount of attention from all those who care for children as well as government and the media. |
dr randall pain management: Conquering Pain Randall S. Prust, Susan Luzader, 1997 Chronic pain can make life seem unbearable. This up-to-date guide, written by a doctor, offers information on the latest developments in pain management--and new hope for relief from headaches, back problems, neck pain, arthritis, cancer pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, muscular pain and more. |
dr randall pain management: Symptom Management in Multiple Sclerosis Randall T. Schapiro, 1998 This is a clear guide to symptom management for all patients with multiple sclerosis. The purpose is to assist persons with multiple sclerosis in understanding their symptoms and treatment options. It is aimed at patients with multiple sclerosis and their families. Features include a useful glossary of medical terms related to multiple sclerosis and a set of clear drawings describing exercises and transfers for the multiple sclerosis patient. This is a very useful book for multiple sclerosis patients. Neurologists can recommend it to their patients with confidence. Multiple sclerosis treatment has become very complex, and this book helps neurologists explain options to their patients. |
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dr randall pain management: Managing the Symptoms of MS Randall T. Schapiro, MD, FAAN, Randall T. Schapiro, 2014-07-16 The fully updated and revised sixth edition of the definitive guide to clinically tested and proven methods for effectively managing all of the symptoms characteristic of MS and MS treatment. Based on the most up-to-date disease management strategies, medical and research breakthroughs, and latest drug therapies, Dr. Randall T. Schapiro provides the information you need to manage both the disease and symptoms, and make everyday life easier. New chapters offer essential advice for those newly diagnosed with the disease, and those who experience more symptoms with age. Managing the Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis features comprehensive treatment options for: Fatigue Spasticity Tremor Incontinence Speech and swallowing difficulties Pain Numbness Cognitive difficulties |
dr randall pain management: A Physician's Guide to Pain and Symptom Management in Cancer Patients Janet L. Abrahm, 2015-01-01 This highly regarded handbook provides clinicians with the information they need to treat their cancer patients effectively and compassionately. This comprehensive guide to managing pain and other symptoms for people with cancer has helped tens of thousands of patients and families. Designed for busy practicing clinicians, A Physician's Guide to Pain and Symptom Management in Cancer Patients provides primary care physicians, advanced practice nurses, internists, and oncologists with detailed information and advice for alleviating the stress and pain of patients and family members alike. Drawing on the work of experts who have developed revolutionary approaches to symptom management and palliative care, as well as on the lessons learned from patients and their families during her thirty years as a teacher and clinician, Dr. Janet L. Abrahm shows how physicians and other caregivers can help patients and families heal emotionally even as the disease progresses. The third edition includes updates to medications and clinical stories, and features two new chapters: “Working with Patients’ Families” and “Sexuality, Intimacy, and Cancer.” New lessons from palliative care and hospice care can help patients, their professional caregivers, and their families support each other every step of the way. |
dr randall pain management: Weiner's Pain Management Mark V. Boswell, B. Eliot Cole, 2005-08-31 This seventh edition of a bestseller has been totally revised and updated, making this the most comprehensive rewrite in the book's long and distinguished history. It includes new chapters, new sections and section editors, and new contributors. Offering an interdisciplinary approach to pain management, the book delivers a scholarly presentation fo |
dr randall pain management: Peripheral Nerve Entrapments Andrea M Trescot, MD, ABIPP, FIPP, 2016-05-10 Featured as a single volume, this is a comprehensive guide to possible nerve entrapment syndromes and their management. Each chapter covers a single nerve, or group of closely related nerves, and goes over the clinical presentation, anatomy, physical exam, differential diagnosis, contributing factors, injection techniques, neurolytic/surgical techniques, treatments of perpetuating factors, and complications. Nerve entrapments can occur throughout the body and cause headaches, chest pain, abdominal pain, pelvic pain, low back pain, and upper and lower extremity pain. As an example, one of the most common forms of nerve entrapment syndrome, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, affects roughly 1 in 20 people in the United States, and is only one of several types of entrapment syndromes possible for the median nerve. Chapters are also extensively illustrated and include 3D anatomical images. The additional online material enhances the book with more than 50 videos - at least 2 for each nerve. This enables readers to easily navigate the book. In addition to a conventional index it includes a “Pain Problems Index” for searching by symptom. Peripheral Nerve Entrapments: Clinical Diagnosis and Management is a long-needed resource for pain physicians, emergency room physicians, and neurologists. |
dr randall pain management: Healing with DMSO Amandha Vollmer, 2020-04-28 Discover the benefits that DMSO can bring to your first-aid kit, from safely soothing headaches to easing arthritis pain, in this easy-to-use handbook. This science-backed guide will help you understand how DMSO works, why it works, and the many ways you can harness its power to heal your aches, pains, and other ailments, all in an easy-to-read and friendly way. DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide) is a natural substance that comes from wood, and, when applied topically, can offer a host of pain-relieving benefits. Healing with DMSO will dispel the myths and falsehoods surrounding this substance while presenting the latest research-backed facts on how you can reap DMSO’s many benefits. From dosages to application methods, you’ll be presented with all the information needed to find the best and safest method for using DMSO at home. Discover how you can use DMSO to speed your body’s healing process from wounds, burns, and muscle injuries. This book will help you understand how you can safely and effectively use DMSO to treat everything from headaches and inflammation to osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, all without the use of prescription medication! |
dr randall pain management: Shelter Medicine for Veterinarians and Staff Lila Miller, Stephen Zawistowski, 2013-01-04 Shelter Medicine for Veterinarians and Staff, Second Edition is the premier reference on shelter medicine. Divided into sections on management, species-specific animal husbandry, infectious disease, animal cruelty, shelter programs, behavior, and spay/neuter, the new edition has been reformatted in a more user-friendly design with briefer chapters and information cross-referenced between chapters. Maintaining a herd health approach, new and expanded chapters address issues of husbandry, infectious disease management, behavior forensics, population management, forensic toxicology, animal cruelty and hoarding, enrichment in shelters, spay/neuter, and shelter design. Now in full color, this fully updated new edition delivers a vast array of knowledge necessary to provide appropriate and humane care for shelter animals. Veterinarians, veterinary technicians and shelter professionals will find this to be the go-to resource on the unique aspects of shelter medicine that help facilitate operating a modern, efficient, and humane shelter. |
dr randall pain management: The Pain-Free Mindset Dr Deepak Ravindran, 2021-03-04 If you know anyone who works in the NHS. A nurse, doctor, physio, dietitian, administrator, manager, literally anyone. Gift them this book. Dr Rupy Aujla This book is an absolute must have for anyone who wants to take back control of their lives - and most importantly - their pain. Kate Silverton There is no easy fix when it comes to chronic pain. Opioids are often the first, addictive resort and surgery rarely achieves the pain free outcome promised. But while there is no single fix, there is a way out and it starts with your mindset. This is the powerful approach of The Pain-Free Mindset, where NHS pain consultant Dr Ravindran brings his 20 years of experience to offer you an effective set of techniques that will help you take back control and overcome your pain. In this groundbreaking guide you will: ·Discover what happens to your body and brain when you experience pain ·Learn how you can change the way you perceive and respond to pain - without taking addictive medication ·Find the best pain-management plan for you and your lifestyle Packed with science-backed tips and inspiring case studies this book will transform your mindset and show that you have the power to live pain free. |
dr randall pain management: Ethical Issues in Chronic Pain Management Michael E. Schatman, 2016-04-19 Specifically designed to address the needs of all specialists involved in the care of chronic pain patients, this source clarifies the ethical and legal issues associated with the diagnosis, assessment, and care of patients suffering from long-term pain. Divided into five comprehensive sections, this source covers a variety of topics to help the ch |
dr randall pain management: Opioid Use in Critical Care Jose L. Pascual, Timothy G. Gaulton, 2021-07-21 This book provides a concise yet comprehensive overview on the use of opioids in the ICU, offering practical, real-world recommendations on opioid utilization and alternative therapies. The text explains the physiology and assessment of pain and the need for analgesia in the ICU, details the pharmacology of opioids and their use in providing analgesia, sedation, and comfort for patients during critical illness, and summarizes advanced pharmaceutical and surgical approaches to pain management and procedural applications that can supplement, minimize, or replace opioids for the ICU patient. The book also includes algorithms and step-by-step approaches on navigating the delicate balance between the relief of suffering and the adverse effects of opioids, as well as a dedicated section on the management of critically ill patients with preexisting opioid tolerance. Written by experts in the field, Opioid Use in Critical Care: A Practical Guide is a valuable resource for ICU providers who treat and manage critically ill patients with opioids. |
dr randall pain management: Biomedical Acupuncture for Sports and Trauma Rehabilitation Yun-tao Ma, 2010-03-05 Written by widely respected acupuncture expert Yun-tao Ma, PhD, LAc, Biomedical Acupuncture for Sports and Trauma Rehabilitation shows techniques that will enhance athletic performance, accelerate recovery after intensive workouts, and speed trauma rehabilitation after injuries or surgeries. Evidence-based research is used to support the best and most effective techniques, with over 100 illustrations showing anatomy, injury, and clinical procedures. Unlike many other acupuncture books, this book uses a Western approach to make it easier to understand rationales, master techniques, and integrate biomedical acupuncture into your practice. Finally, a well-referenced, common sense approach to dry needling in sports medicine that discusses maintenance, overtraining, and the effect of the stress response in atheletes. This is a long-awaited book that will leave you feeling comfortable with a technique that is very useful not only for atheletes, but for all patients of your practice. Rey Ximenes, MD The Pain and Stress Management Center Austin, Texas For any clinician involved with assisting atheletes recover from injury, as well as providing services to enhance physical performance, this text will be indispensable. This book is a major accomplishment in the field of sports injury and treatment of musculoskeletal and neurological pain. Mark A. Kestner, DC, FIAMA, CCSP, CSCS Kestner Chiropractic & Acupuncture Center Murfreesboro, Tennessee - Unique! Explores acupuncture treatments for sports injuries in the acute phase, rehabilitation, and prevention. - Includes acupuncture for performance enhancement and injury prevention, emphasizing pre-event acupuncture used to help increase muscle output, assist with pre-competition stress, and prevent soft tissue injury. - Provides evidence-based research to show the science behind the best and most effective techniques, based on the author's background in neuroscience and cell biology and his 35 years of clinical acupuncture experience. - Offers an overview of the science of biomedical acupuncture including the mechanisms of acupuncture, anatomy and physiology of acupoints, and discussion of human healing potential. - Uses terminology and concepts familiar to Western-trained health professionals, making the material easier to understand and incorporate into practice. - Includes more than 100 illustrations showing anatomy, injury, and clinical procedures. - Covers useful techniques including those that increase muscle force output, joint flexibility and stability; prevent sports injuries like muscle sprain, tendonitis, bone strain, stress/fatigue fracture and bone spurs; reinforce muscle output for specific sports; normalize physiology of dysfunctional soft tissues; predict treatment response; reduce physiological stress; use the new Vacuum Therapy for deep tissue dysfunctions; and balance the biomechanics of musculoskeletal system. |
dr randall pain management: Contemporary Issues in Chronic Pain Management Winston C.V. Parris, 2012-12-06 PROFESSOR SIR KENNETH L. STUART Pain control has become one ofmedicine's most rapidly growing disciplines, and Iwelcome the opportunity to write this foreword to abook that Iam sure will make its own unique contribution to advancing this discipline. My pleasure in writing it is heightened by my pride in the fact that its editor was at one time an undergraduate student of mine at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. One of the uncertainties teachers always face is that they can never predict how their charges will turn out. This uncertainty has been happily resolved. Dr. Parris' professional career has been marked by the same dedication and commitment that characterized his undergraduate days and that clearly has been brought to the preparation of this scholarly and practical work. Pain reliefhas been until recently acomparatively neglected field. Its neglect was determined not so much by lack ofprofessional awareness ofits import ance but mainly because so little could be done about it in the past. |
dr randall pain management: Managing Death in the ICU J. Randall Curtis, Gordon D. Rubenfeld, 2001 A clear and concise statement of facts and causes that have led step by step to the present deplorable condition of public affairs and the corruption of the body politic--Preface. |
dr randall pain management: Pain Management Richard S. Weiner, 1997-09-22 This authoritative two-volume reference, the Fifth Edition of an internationally acclaimed bestseller, offers the most up-to-date information available on multidisciplinary pain diagnosis, treatment, and management. Pain Management: A Practical Guide for Clinicians covers a broad range of approaches and techniques from the many different disciplines where professionals work with patients in pain. With more than 100 contributors, many of whom are among the most recognized and respected names in contemporary pain management, this is the book most recommended by the American Academy of Pain Management (AAPM) and the book used by applicants to prepare for the AAPM entrance exam. This unique, two-volume reference covers both traditional and alternative approaches and discusses the pain of children as well as adult and geriatric patients. It also includes the results of extensive bibliographic literature searches, from 1990 to the present, on each topic covered. A special section on legal considerations, including sample depositions taken from real-life cases, helps readers prepare for the possibility of litigation, so prevalent in healthcare today. Regardless of your specialty or medical training or whether you are in a large hospital or a small clinic, if you work with patients in need of pain management, this complete reference is for you. |
dr randall pain management: Clinical Medicine: A Clerking Companion David Randall, Adam Feather FRCP, Adam Feather, 2011-04-28 Clinical Medicine: A Clerking Companion is written for inexperienced clinical students who are new to the wards, and helps them to use their patients to learn medicine. It aims to transform students who know a bit about the medical sciences into young doctors who can draw knowledge and experience together to diagnose and treat real patients. |
dr randall pain management: And One Pill Makes You Small Randall William Crenshaw, 2015-06-12 Americans are using more medical services every year, but as many as half of those services do nothing to improve their health. For many, the alarming rise in health care costs is stretching family budgets to the breaking point. This book challenges the notion that more medical care is always better. A clearer understanding of the health benefits--and the risks--of the most widely prescribed drugs and the most commonly performed procedures will enable you to evaluate your doctors' recommendations in a new light. For example, before you go to see your doctor, you can learn the answers to questions like: What is the exact probability that taking a statin drug will protect me from a heart attack? Does spinal surgery relieve back pain better than rehabilitation programs? Using examples from real patients, you will learn how to steer the conversation with your doctors to be sure your questions are answered and your preferences respected. Finally, if you read this book you will be reminded of the Bible's message about life on earth and life after death--and you will see a clear contrast between that message and what the world is saying. |
dr randall pain management: Braddom's Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation E-Book David X. Cifu, 2020-08-01 Thoroughly updated to reflect the latest advances and technologies, Braddom's Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 6th Edition, remains the market leader in the field of PM&R. For more than 20 years, this bestselling reference has been the go-to resource for the entire rehabilitation team, providing in-depth coverage of essential core principles along with the latest research, technologies, and procedures that enhance patient care and facilitate optimal return to function. In this edition, lead editor Dr. David X. Cifu and his team of expert associate editors and contributing authors employ a more succinct format that emphasizes need-to-know material, incorporating new key summary features, including high-yield information and study sheets for problem-based learning. - Focuses more heavily on rehabilitation, with case studies throughout and more comprehensive coverage of stroke evaluation, rehabilitation, and therapies. - Provides expanded information on key topics such as interventional pain management options, gait and prosthetics, USG, fluoroscopy, electrodiagnosis and more. - Features a new chapter on Occupational Medicine and Vocational Rehabilitation, plus enhanced coverage of the neurogenic bladder, rehabilitation and prosthetic restoration in upper limb amputation, and acute medical conditions including cardiac disease, medical frailty, and renal failure. - Discusses quality and outcome measures for medical rehabilitation, practical aspects of impairment rating and disability determination, integrative medicine in rehabilitation, and assistive technology. - Offers highly illustrated, templated chapters that are easy to navigate without sacrificing coverage of key topics. - Includes access to dozens of even more practical videos and hundreds of integrated self-assessment questions for more effective learning and retention. - Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices. |
dr randall pain management: Textbook of Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care Eduardo Bruera, Irene J. Higginson, Charles F. von Gunten, Tatsuya Morita, 2021-07-15 This new edition provides the essential clinical guidance both for those embarking upon a career in palliative medicine and for those already established in the field. A team of international experts here distil what every practitioner needs to know into a practical and reliable resource. |
dr randall pain management: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Save Lives National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Committee on Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder, 2019-06-16 The opioid crisis in the United States has come about because of excessive use of these drugs for both legal and illicit purposes and unprecedented levels of consequent opioid use disorder (OUD). More than 2 million people in the United States are estimated to have OUD, which is caused by prolonged use of prescription opioids, heroin, or other illicit opioids. OUD is a life-threatening condition associated with a 20-fold greater risk of early death due to overdose, infectious diseases, trauma, and suicide. Mortality related to OUD continues to escalate as this public health crisis gathers momentum across the country, with opioid overdoses killing more than 47,000 people in 2017 in the United States. Efforts to date have made no real headway in stemming this crisis, in large part because tools that already existâ€like evidence-based medicationsâ€are not being deployed to maximum impact. To support the dissemination of accurate patient-focused information about treatments for addiction, and to help provide scientific solutions to the current opioid crisis, this report studies the evidence base on medication assisted treatment (MAT) for OUD. It examines available evidence on the range of parameters and circumstances in which MAT can be effectively delivered and identifies additional research needed. |
dr randall pain management: American AGONY Helen Borel, 2020-01-18 Managing pain with opioids is a science—except politics, money, and overzealous law enforcement are denying American patients the relief they so desperately need. Demonizing the best pain reliever we have leads to needless suffering, even suicides, and it drives the rise in deadly street drugs. Helen Borel gathers and presents the evidence, the intimidation, the raids of clinics, the chilling effect on those very professionals we trust to care for our loved ones and ourselves. She looks hard at the Veterans Administration, Drug Enforcement Agency, Department of Justice, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Chapters include “The Suboxone Hoax,” “The Wrong Arms of the Law,” and “The Epidemic of Death,” plus an entire section on solutions for this widespread crisis. Read American AGONY now—or youmight be the next one hurt. |
dr randall pain management: Image Guided Interventions of the Spine Majid Khan, Sergiy V. Kushchayev, Scott H. Faro, 2021-10-18 This book is a comprehensive review of image guided interventions of the spine. Beginning with a chapter dedicated to the history of image guided spinal interventions, authors set the stage for the role these procedures have and will play in the field. Chapters cover the key procedures, techniques, and considerations to maximize effectiveness and patient care. Some major topics covered include: imaging osseo-ligamentous spine anatomy, percutaneous vertebroplasty, image guided tumor ablation, and vascular spine intervention. Additional features include high-quality illustrations with concise descriptions and clinical cases discussions. This is an ideal guide for interventional neuroradiologists, radiologists, pain management physicians, neurosurgeons, orthopedic spine surgeons, and related residents, fellows, and students wanting in depth information on image guided interventions of the spine. |
dr randall pain management: CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment in Family Medicine, Second Edition Jeannette E. South-Paul, Samuel C. Matheny, Evelyn L. Lewis, 2007-04-22 The most convenient, authoritative overview of family medicine and primary care -- completely updated and expanded! A Doody's Core Title ESSENTIAL PURCHASE! Praise for an earlier edition--This portable, 700 page paperback is an excellent reference for practitioners caring for patients in ongoing settings. Information is complete, yet readily accessible. Information is prioritized well, making it easy to locate information rapidly. It will be a cost-effective addition to the shelves of thousands of hardworking family doctors. 5 STARS!--Doody's Review Service Great for USMLE Step 3 review, board certification, and maintenance or recertification Concise, evidence-based coverage of the diseases and syndromes most commonly seen in clinical practice Organized according to the developmental lifespan, beginning with childhood and adolescence, focusing on the reproductive years, and progressing through adulthood and senior years -- includes end-of-life issues Complementary and alternative treatments included where appropriate Recommendations for both immediate and ongoing management strategies Numerous algorithms, charts, and tables encapsulate important information Conservative and pharmacologic therapies Patient education information Sections on Therapeutics, Genetics, and Prevention; Psychosocial Disorders; and Physician-Patient Issues NEW chapter patient-centered medicine |
dr randall pain management: Military Advanced Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia Handbook Chester Buckenmaier, Michael Kent, Jason Brookman, Patrick Tighe, Edward Mariano, David Edwards, 2020 Now thoroughly revised, the primary goal of the second edition of MARAA is to assist with the education of anesthesiology residents, fellows, and other allied medical professionals (special forces medics, nurse anesthetists, emergency room physicians, and others) in the art and science of acute pain medicine and regional anesthesia. It brings the expertise and lessons learned from military medicine to a larger audience in regional anesthesiology. |
dr randall pain management: Rotator Cuff Disorders Wayne Z. Burkhead, 1996 A text on the rotator cuff, with nine chapters written by Burkhead himself, and the remaining 24 chapters contributed by nationally and internationally recognized physicians and shoulder surgeons. The volume contains seven sections: history of cuff repair (1 chapter); basic science and the rotator cuff (3 chapters); evaluation and classification of cuff lesions (3 chapters); clinical disorders (10 chapters); conservative treatment of cuff defects and impingement syndrome (2 chapters); arthroscopic management of rotator cuff disease (1 chapter); and surgical management of massive cuff tears and degeneration (13 chapters). Thoroughly illustrated in bandw, with extensive chapter references. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
dr randall pain management: Soul Doctoring Gayle Madeleine Randall, 2022-05-31 Soul Doctoring is the most important book on integrated personal healing to be written in the 21st century. It is a compelling, enlightening, and entertaining read, and a benchmark for yet another way to bring information into one's body for the purpose of healing and self-doctoring—through provocative storytelling that touches the soul. Written by medical futurist and renowned integrative medicine pioneer Dr. Gayle Madeleine Randall, offers a blueprint and roadmap for our return to ideal personal health—and by restoring our own health, turning our attention to helping our lives, communities and planet fully regenerate in what Nestlé CEO Aude Gandon famously termed Generation Regeneration. Dr. Randall's writings, podcasts, lectures, workshops and seminars on Mind-Body Medicine around the world have transformed the lives of thousands of patients, clients and attendees by enlightening them to their own healing potential. With the publication of Soul Doctoring, she makes it possible for the reader to access the entirety of her experience and intrinsic knowledge of the human body, heart, and soul. Join her as she breaks new ground in holistic medicine, self-healing and the highest limits of human potential. |
dr randall pain management: The Mayo Clinic Guide to Pain Relief Barbara K. Bruce, 2017-01-27 |
dr randall pain management: Pain and Kampo Tsutomu Oyama, Graham Smith, 2012-12-06 The First International Symposium on Pain and Kampo (Japanese Herbal Medicine) took place in Tokyo in October, 1992. More than 700 registrants participated, with 12 registrants from seven overseas countries. This book contains summaries of the presentations at this meeting and is published in order to provide up-to-date information to a much wider audience. In China, traditional herbal medicine has been used for more than 3000 years while in Japan, its use has been documented for more than 1000 years, albeit with some changes to the original Chinese formulations. Recently there has been a revival of interest in herbal medicines for several reasons. There is a rapid growth in the number of senior citizens who frequently require the attention of modern medicine. In particular, there has been an increase in the number of patients who suffer from chronic diseases which are difficult to treat, e.g., arteriosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, chronic pain syndromes, etc. It has become evident that traditional Oriental herbal medicines could playa role in the management of these and other conditions. |
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