Anesthesiology and Pain Management

Mechanisms of Substance P-Mediated Nociception and Opioid-Mediated Antinociception; A.I. Basbaum Spinal Cord Neuronal Plasticity: Mechanisms of Persistent Pain following Tissue Damage and Nerve Injury; R. Dubner. Local Anesthetic Pharmacology; D.H. Lambert. Pain Research and Basic Science: Pain and the Sympathetic Nervous System; P.G. Fine. Local Anesthesia Toxicity; D.H. Lambert. Effect of Postoperative Pain on Surgical Stress Response; H. Kehlet. Postoperative Pain Assessment and Choice of Methods of Treatment; L.B. Ready. Patient-Controlled Analgesia (Part I): Historical Perspective; P.F. White. Problems in the Management of Postoperative Pain; L.B. Ready. Patient-Controlled Analgesia (Part II): an Update on its Clinical Usage; P.F. White. Organization and Operation of an Acute Pain Service; L.B. Ready. Role of Non-Opioid Analgesics in the Peri-Operative Period; G.P. Joshi, B. Fredman, P.F. White. Effect of Postoperative Pain on Surgical Outcome; H. Kehlet. Postoperative Pain Management in Children; D.C. Tyler. Preemptive Analgesia; H. Kehlet. The Spinal Route of Analgesia: Opioids and Future Options; M.J. Cousins, L.E. Mather, N. Smart, D. White. Problems of Pain Measurement in Children; D.C. Tyler. Post Spinal Injury Pain: Mechanisms and Treatment Options; P.J. Siddal, M. Cousins. Prevention of Post Herpetic Neuralgia; A.P. Winnie. Opioids in the Management of Non-Malignant Pain; B.D. Hare. Epidural Steroids; A.P. Winnie. Multidisciplinary Evaluation and Management of Chronic Pain; T.M. Murphy. Managing the Unmanageable; T.M. Murphy. Neurolytic Blocks -- Current Status in the Treatment of Cancer and Chronic Pain; M.J. Cousins. Chronic Pain Management in Children; D.C. Tyler. Alternative Drug Delivery Systems; J.B. Streisand.