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Clinical Aspects
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Clinical Aspects
Contents
About the Editors xx
Contributors xxii

SECTION I
CLINICAL STATES
I-1.0 Taxonomy of Pain Systems 1 John Loeser, MD

I-2.0 Acute Pain 5 Ellen E. Rhame, MD, Robert I. Cohen, MD

I-3.0 Cancer Pain 21 Haroon Hameed, MD, Mariam Hameed, MD, Paul J. Christo, MD

I-4.0 Neck and Cervical Radicular Pain 35 Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Ramsin Benyamin, MD

I-5.0 Thoracic and Chest Wall Pain and Radicular Pain 61 Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Vijay Singh, MD, Sukdeb Datta, MD

I-6.0 Low Back and Lumbar Radicular Pain 87 Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Joshua Hirsch, MD, Sukdeb Datta, MD, Frank J.E. Falco, MD

I-7.0 Musculoskeletal and Myofascial Pain 115 Frank J.E. Falco, MD, michael Greene, DO

I-8.0 Fibromyalgia 127 Howard S. Smith, MD, Richard Harris, PhD, Daniel Clauw, MD

I-9.0 Rheumatologic Pain 141 Andrea M. Trescot, MD
I-10.0 Visceral Pain 155 Amanda C. Yunker DO, MSCR, Isabel C. Green, MD, Matthew Siedhoff, MD

I-11.0 Chronic Urogenital Pain 165 Stephen M. Schatz, MD, Isabel C. Green, MD, J. Curtis Nickel, MD, Ming Wang, MD

I-12.0 Pain in Pregnancy and Labor 173 James Colson, MS, MD, Andrea M. Trescot, MD

I-13.0 Headache 183 Natalia Murinova, MD, Andrea M. Trescot, MD

I-14.0 Orofacial Pain 199 Natalia Murinova, MD and Andrea M. Trescot, MD

I-15.0 Neuropathic Pain 215 Haroon Hameed, MD, Mariam Hameed, MD, Paul J. Christo, MD

I-16.0 Complex Regional Pain Syndromes 237 Haroon Hameed, MD, Mariam Hameed, MD, Paul J. Christo, MD

I-17.0 Neuropathic Pain of Postherpetic Neuralgia 249 Christopher Gharibo, MD, Carolyn Kim, DO

I-18.0 Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents 259 Helen W. Karl, MD, Emily Law, PhD, Kathleen (Larken) McGinn, MD

I-19.0 Pain Management in the Elderly 277 Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, Amir Baluch, MD, Charles Fox, MD

I-20.0 Pain Management in Critically Ill Patients Amir Baluch, MD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD,, Henry Liu, MD

I-21.0 Pain Issues in Individuals with Limited Ability to Communicate Due to Cognitive Impairment Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Bert Fellows, MA

I-22.0 Pain Relief in Substance Abusers Bryan S. Williams, MD, Paul J. Christo, MD

SECTION II
REHABILITATION MEDICINE

II-1.0 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Michael N. Brown, MD, Sandee Bristow, MD, Alma Garcia, DO, Alex Sheng, MD, Jacob Joseph, MD

II-2.0 Rehabilitation in Industry-Related Injuries Michael N. Brown, MD

II-3.0 Disability Evaluation Michael N. Brown, MD
SECTION III
PSYCHOLOGICAL, COGNITIVE, AND COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES

III-1.0 Cognitive and Behavioral Interventions Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Bert Fellows, MA

III-2.0 Psychiatric Treatment Daniel Krashin, MD

III-3.0 Integrative Pain Management: Alternative Medical Systems Heather Tick, MD

III-4.0 Biologically Based Therapies Joseph V. Pergolizzi, Jr., MD, Aaron Tabor , MD
1I1-5.0 Energy Therapy Bert Fellows, MA

III-6.0 Manual Medicine Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD
SECTION IV
INTERVENTIONAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT
IV-1.0 Anatomy of Spine DaVid M. Schultz, MD, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD

IV-2.0. Radiofrequency Neurolysis Andrea M. Trescot, MD, Hans C. Hansen, MD, and Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD

IV-3.0 Neurolytic Agents Andrea M. Trescot, MD, Hans C. Hansen, MD

IV-4.0 Cryoneurolysis Andrea M. Trescot, MD, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD

IV-5.0 Epidural Interventions Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Vijay Singh, MD

IV-6.0 Facet Joint and Sacroiliac Joint Interventions Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, DaVid M. Schultz, MD, Frank JE Falco, MD, Vijay Singh, MD, Hans C. Hansen, MD

IV-7.0 Sympathetic Blocks Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Sukdeb Datta, MD, DaVid M. Schultz, MD, Bradley Wargo, DO

IV-8.0 Lumbar Percutaneous and Endoscopic Epidural Adhesiolysis Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD

IV-9.0 Percutaneous Mechanical Disc Decompression and Annuloplasty Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD

IV-10.0 Nerve Blocks and Neurolytic Techniques Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Andrea M. Trescot, MD, Howard S. Smith, MD IV-11.0 Stimulation-Produced Analgesia Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Jignyasa Desai, DO

IV-12.0 Spinal Cord Stimulation Jie Zhu, MD, Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Gabriella Gutman, MD, Anjuli Dahiya, MD

IV-13.0 Peripheral Nerve Stimulation Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Gabriella Gutman, MD, Michael Greene, DO

IV-14.0 Intrathecal Infusion Systems Jie Zhu, MD, Frank J.E. Falco, MD, and Jig Desai, DO

IV-15.0 Neurosurgical Pain Management Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Gabriella Gutman, MD

IV-16.0 Procedural Sedation Anesthesia James Colson, MS, MD

IV-17.0 Complications of Interventional Techniques Marco Araujo, MD, Nilan Patel, MD, Dermot More-O’Ferrall, MD

IV-18.0 Preparedness for Emergencies in the Practice of Interventional Pain Management Maurizio Albala, MD

IV-19.0 An Algorithmic Approach for Clinical Management of Chronic Spinal Pain Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Standiford Helm, MD, Vijay Singh, MD, Sukdeb Datta, MD
Index

Foundations of Interventional Pain Management and Pain Medicine
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

About the Editors xviii

Contributors xx

SECTION I

GENERAL ASPECTS

I-1.0 History of Specialty of Pain Medicine and Interventional Pain Management 1 Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Vijay Singh, MD, Joshua A. Hirsch, MD

I-2.0 Education, Training, and Testing 13 Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Vijah Singh, Md, Mark V. Boswell, MD, PhD

I-3.0 Epidemiology 27 Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Vijay Singh, MD, Bert Fellows, MA

I-4.0 Review of Epidemiology of Chronic Pain 39 Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Vijay Singh, MD, Bert Fellows, MA

I-5.0 Psychosocial and Cultural Aspects of Pain 55 Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Bert Fellows, MA

I-6.0 Sex and Gender Issues in Pain 67 Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Lien Tran, MD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD

I-7.0 Neurophysiologic Basis and Diagnosis of Chronic Spinal Pain 81 Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Ramsin M. Benyamin, MD, Ricardo Vallejo, MD, Joshua A. Hirsch, MD

I-8.0 Assessment and Psychology of Pain 97 Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Bert Fellows, MA

I-9.0 Mechanisms of Nociceptive Transmission and Modulation 123 James Giordano, PhD, Mark V. Boswell, MD, PhD

I-10.0 Pharmacology of Pain Transmission and Modulation 141 Sukdeb Datta, MD

I-11.0 Development of Pain Systems 153 Helen W. Karl, MD SECTION II EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE

II-1.0 Evidence-Based Medicine: Basic Concepts 165 Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Joshua Hirsch, MD, Bert Fellows, MA

II-2.0 Critical Analysis of Literature 177 Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Joshua A. Hirsch, MD

II-3.0 Principles of Valid Clinical Research and Components of Clinical Trials 207 Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Joshua A. Hirsch, MD, Bert Fellows, MA

II-4.0 Special Features of Study and Analysis of Pain 231 Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Bert Fellows, MA

SECTION III

ETHICS

III-1.0 Ethics of Pain Management and Research 243 Gail A. Van Norman, MD

III-2.0 Professionalism and Quality Assurance 257 Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Joshua A. Hirsch, MD

III-3.0 Ethical Standards in Medical Practice 269 Gail A. Van Norman, MD

III-4.0 Placebo and Pain 279 Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Joshua A. Hirsch, MD, Bert Fellows, MA

III-5.0 Animal Models of Pain 295 Sukdeb Datta, MD

SECTION IV

DIAGNOSIS

IV-1.0 Radiology 307 Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Obi Onyewu, MD, Syed Husain, DO

IV-2.0 Fluoroscopy 319 Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Obi Onyewu, MD, Syed Husain, DO

IV-3.0 MRI, fMRI, and MR spectroscopy 333 Obi Onyewu, MD, Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Syed Husain, DO

IV-4.0 Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scans 343 Obi Onyewu, MD, Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Michael Greene, DO

IV-5.0 Ultrasound 349 Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Obi Onyewu, MD, Oluseun A. Olufade, MD

IV-6.0 Electrical Nerve Stimulation as a Diagnostic Tool 359 Virtaj Singh, MD, Jacob Joseph, MD, Kevin Hakimi MD

IV-7.0 Laser-Evoked Potentials 367 Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Gabriella Gutman, MD

IV-8.0 Quantitative Sensory Testing: Uses and Limitations 373 Nirupa Shah, MD, Andrea M. Trescot, MD

IV-9.0 Electroencephalography (EEG) & Magnetoencephalography (MEG) 379 Obi Onyewu, MD, Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Jignyasa Desai, DO

IV-10.0 Laboratory Investigations 389 ANDrea M. Trescot, MD

IV-11.0 Urine Drug Testing in Chronic Pain 399 Paul J. Christo, MD, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Xiulu Ruan, MD

IV-12.0 Psychological and Psychiatric Evaluation 415 Daniel Krashin, MD, Fadi al-hatem, MD

SECTION V

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

V-1.0 Diagnostic Coding Systems 433 Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Vijay Singh, MD, Bert Fellows, MA

V-2.0 Procedural Coding Systems 441 Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Vijay Singh, MD

V-3.0 Documentation for Evaluation and Management Services 455 Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Ramsin M. Benyamin, MD

V-4.0 Documentation for Interventional Techniques 471 Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Vijay Singh, MD, Joshua A. Hirsch, MD

V-5.0 Compliance 487 Vicki Myckowiak, JD

SECTION VI

PHARMACOLOGICAL ASPECTS

VI-1.0 Opioids 499 Andrea M. Trescot, MD

VI-2.0 Antipyretic Analgesics: Nonsteroidals, Acetaminophen, and Phenazone Derivatives 515 Bryan S. Williams, MD, and Paul J. Christo, MD

VI-3.0 Antidepressants 523 Howard S. Smith, MD, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD

VI-4.0 Anticonvulsants 533 Frank JE Falco, MD, Sareta M. Coubarous, DO, Oluseun A. Olufade, MD

VI-5.0 Anti-anxiety Agents 543 Charles Fox, MD, Henry Liu, MD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD

VI-6.0 Neuroleptic Drugs 553 Ryan P. Ellender, MD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, Adam M. Kaye Pharm D

VI-7.0 Antihistamines 559 Judy G. Johnson MD, Adam J. Broussard, MD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD

VI-8.0 Analeptic Drugs 571 Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Sareta M. Coubarous, DO

VI-9.0 Corticosteroids 589 Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD and VIjay Singh, MD

VI-10.0 Muscle Relaxants and Antispasticity Drugs 607 M. Tyler Stout, MD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, Adam M. Kaye, PharmD

VI-11.0 NMDA Receptor Antagonists 615 Brad J. Hymel MD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, Adam M. Kaye, PharmD

VI-12.0 Local Anesthetics and Membrane-Stabilizing Drugs 623 Stephen M. O’Connell, DO, Andrea M. Trescot, MD

VI-13.0 Sympatholytics 635 Sheila Chiu, DO

VI-14.0 Adjuvant Analgesics 641 Mariam Hameed, MD, Haroon Hameed, MD and Steven P. Cohen, MD

Index 667