Neuropathic Pain

• Written in a practical style that has direct clinical application for healthcare professionals
• Use of "Key Points" at the start of each chapter and "Key references" at the end
• Portable for quick user-friendly reference
• Includes new chapters on the clinical assessment of neuropathic pain and the use of screening tools in diagnosis
• Also includes new chapter on neuropathic low back pain.

New to this edition

• Fully updated to include all the recent developments in the diagnosis and management of neuropathic pain
• New chapters on the clinical assessment of neuropathic pain and the use of screening tools in its diagnosis
• Includes a new chapter focussing on neuropathic low back pain, a newly emerging clinical entity

Readership: All practitioners involved in mental health of old age such as old age psychiatrists, neurologists, trainees, specialist nurses, as well as primary care providers.

Edited by Michael Bennett, Professor of Palliative Medicine, International Observatory on End of Life Care, School of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK

Part I - THE PATIENT
1: Michael Bennett: Theories, history and current taxonomy
2: Catherine Urch: Pathophysiology of neuropathic pain
3: Blair Smith: Epidemiology
4: Per Hansson: Clinical assessment
5: Michael Bennett: Using screening tools
6: Didier Bouhassira: Peripheral neuropathic pain
7: David Bowsher: Central neuropathic pain
8: Dudley Bush: Complex Regional Pain Syndromes
9: Irene Higginson: Cancer neuropathic pain
10: Rainer Freynhagen: Neuropathic low back pain
Part II - TREATMENT
11: Henry McQuay and Phil Wiffen: Antidepressants and antiepileptics
12: Gary McCleane: Systemic local anaesthetics and other pharmacological approaches
13: Marie Fallon: Ketamine and other NMDA antagonists
14: Michael Bennett: Opioids
15: Mark Johnson: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and acupuncture
16: Brian Simpson: Spinal cord stimulation
17: Karen Simpson: Spinal drug delivery and neurolytic blocks
18: Michael Bennett: Drug synergy and sequencing
19: Jose Closs: Patient perspectives