Practical Management of Pain

1     The History of Pain Medicine<br>2     Classification of Acute Pain and Chronic Pain Syndromes<br>3     Organizing an Inpatient Acute Pain Service<br>4     Interdisciplinary Outpatient Pain Care<br>5     Healthcare Policy, Access, Resource Availability, Billing Reimbursement, and Legal Issues in Pain Management<br>6     Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in Pain Management<br>7      Education and Training in Pain and Certification in Pain Medicine<br>8      Neurophysiology of Pain: Peripheral, Spinal, Ascending, and Descending Pathways<br>9       A Review of Pain-Processing Pharmacology<br>10     Neuroimaging Techniques<br>11     Individual Differences in the Experience and Treatment of Pain: Race, Ethnicity, Sex, and Gender<br>12     COMMUNICATION AND CLINICAL RELATIONSHIPS TO IMPROVE CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PAIN<br>13     Genetics in Pain and Pain Management<br>14     Psychosocial and Psychiatric Aspects of Chronic Pain<br>15     Comprehensive Approach to the Assessment of Patients Experiencing Pain and Its Impact<br>16     Mechanism-Based Treatment and Precision Medicine<br>17     Placebo and Nocebo Effects in Clinical Trials and Clinical Practice<br>18     History and Physical Examination of the Patient with Pain<br>19     Electrodiagnostic Techniques in Pain Medicine<br>20     Radiologic Assessment of the Patient with Pain<br>21     Biomarkers of Pain: Quantitative Sensory Testing, Conditioned Pain Modulation, Punch Skin Biopsy<br>22     Psychological and Behavioral Assessment<br>23     Disability Assessment <br>24     Preemptive Analgesia and Prevention of Chronic Pain Syndromes after Surgery<br>24     Postoperative Pain<br>25     Evaluation and Pharmacologic Treatment of Postoperative Pain<br>26     Regional and Multimodal Treatments of Perioperative Pain<br>27     Evaluation and Treatment of Postoperative Pain in Patients with Opioid Use Disorders<br>28     Evaluation and Treatment of Acute Pain in Children<br>29     Low Back Pain Disorders<br>30     Buttock and Sciatica Pain<br>31     Facet Pain: Pathogenesis, Facet Joint Injections, Medical Branch Blocks, Radiofrequency Rhizotomy<br>32     Neurosurgical Management of Pain<br>33     Evaluation and Treatment of Cancer-Related Pain<br>34     Evaluation and Treatment of Neuropathic Pain Syndromes<br>35     Evaluation and Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome<br>36     Evaluation and Treatment of Pain in Selected Neurological Disorders<br>37     Central Post-Stroke Pain<br>37     Phantom Pain<br>37     Spinal Cord Injury Pain<br>37     Chronic Widespread Pain<br>38     Headache: Migraine, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Tension-type, and Other Chronic Headaches<br>39     Cervicogenic Headache, Postdural Puncture Headache, and Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension<br>40     Orofacial Pain<br>41     Visceral Pain<br>42     Pelvic Pain<br>43     Pediatric Chronic Pain Management<br>44     Geriatric Pain Management<br>45     Pain Management During Pregnancy and Lactation<br>46     Rheumatologic Disorders<br>47     Pain in Patients with Medical Comorbidities<br>48     Major Opioids and Chronic Opioid Therapy<br>49     Minor Analgesics<br>50     The U.S. Opioid Crisis and the Legal and Legislative Implications<br>51     Evaluation for Opioid Management: Opioid Misuse Assessment Tools and Drug Testing in Pain Management<br>52     Comorbid Pain and Addiction Disorders: Mechanisms and Treatment<br>53     Antidepressants<br>54     Adjunct Medications for Pain Management<br>54     Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Agents/COX-2 Inhibitors<br>55     Skeletal Muscle Relaxants<br>56     Cannabinoids for Pain Management<br>57     Topical Analgesics<br>57     Neuraxial Agents for Intraspinal Drug Delivery<br>57     Pharmacology for the Interventional Physician<br>58     Psychological Approaches in Pain Management<br>59     Physical Medicine Modalities in Pain Management<br>60     Physical Rehabilitation for Patients with Chronic Pain<br>61     Complementary Approaches to Pain Management<br>62     Patient Education and Self-Management<br>63     Neurolytic Agents, Neuraxial Neurolysis, and Neurolysis of Sympathetic Axis for Cancer Pain<br>64     Head and Neck Blocks<br>65     Interlaminar and Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections<br>66     Radiofrequency Treatment <br>67     Hip and Knee Pain: Intraarticular Injections and Radiofrequency Treatment<br>67     Sacroiliac Joint Injection, Lateral Branch Blocks, and Radiofrequency Treatment<br>68     Neurolysis of Sympathetic Axis for Cancer Pain<br>68     Muscle Injections: Trigger Point, Piriformis, IIipsoas/Quadratus Lumborum, and Scalene Muscle Injections<br>69     Minimally Invasive Procedures for Vertebral Compression Fractures<br>70     BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL PRE-SCREENING FOR SPINAL CORD AND PERIPHERAL NERVE STIMULATION DEVICES <br>71     Spinal Cord, DRG, and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation<br>72     Intrathecal Pumps<br>73     Upper Extremity Blocks<br>73     Lower Extremity Blocks<br>73     Radiation Safety and Radiographic Contrast Agents<br>74     Anticoagulation and Infection Considerations in Pain Procedures<br>74     Truncal Blocks<br>75     Pain Management in Primary Care<br>75     Discography<br>76     Intradiscal Procedures: Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET), Nucleoplasty, Decompressor<br>76     Pain Management in the Emergency Room<br>77     Joint injections<br>77     Management of Pain in Sickle Cell Disease<br>78     Burn Pain<br>79     Pain Evaluation and Management in Patients with Limited Ability to Communicate Due to Dementia<br>80     Disparities in Pain Management<br>81     Pain Management in the Critically III Patient <br>81     The Health Implications of Disparities in Cancer and Pain Care: Unequal Burdens and Unheard Voices <br>82     Pain Management at the End of Life and Home Care for the Terminally Ill Patient<br>83     Home Care<br>83     Clinical Trial Methodology for Acute Pain Research<br>84     Clinical Trial Methodology for Chronic Pain Outcome Studies<br>85     Ethics of Research in Adult and Pediatric Patients with Pain<br>86     Directions and Areas in Need of Investigation<br>87     Test