Benzon and Raja's Essentials of Pain Medicine

Offering a complete, full-color overview of current theory and practice of pain medicine and regional anesthesia, Benzon and Raja's Essentials of Pain Medicine, 5th Edition, covers all you need to know to stay up to date in practice and excel at examinations. An expert team of editors, associate editors, and contributing authors provide practical guidance on the full range of today’s pharmacologic, interventional, neuromodulative, physiotherapeutic, and psychological management options for the evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons in pain. A practical, quick-reference format with short, easy-to-read chapters and bulleted key points make information easy to find, remember, and put to use in your practice. Covers the management of pain for every setting where it is practiced, including the emergency room, perioperative setting, pain clinic, critical care unit, physical or occupational therapy clinic, and other locations Discusses recent global developments and the latest best management techniques, including image-guided therapies, soft tissue, peripheral nerve, joint, facet and sacroiliac joint injections, new pharmacologic agents, and physical occupational therapies Contains new chapters on biomarkers impacting pain management, artificial intelligence, minimally invasive procedures for axial lower back pain, opioid-free anesthesia, pharmacogenetics, virtual reality/imagery to reduce postoperative and chronic pain, and more Features online access to new, interactive multiple-choice questions with answers and rationales that test and reinforce your knowledge of core concepts Covers pain management in special situations such as cancer pain and end-of-life pain, chronic pain in children and adolescents, geriatric pain, pain management during pregnancy and lactation, and more Provides visual guidance through anatomic illustrations, charts, graphs, and tables, and diagnostic and procedural imaging studies including ultrasound, CT, and MRI An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date