Intrathecal Drug Delivery for Pain and Spasticity - Edition 1 - By Asokumar Buvanendran, Sudhir Diwan, MD and Timothy R. Deer, MD Elsevier Educate

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Intrathecal Drug Delivery for Pain and Spasticity,

Edition 1 Volume 2: A Volume in the Interventional and Neuromodulatory Techniques for Pain Management Series

By Asokumar Buvanendran, Sudhir Diwan, MD and Timothy R. Deer, MD

Publication Date: 29 Sep 2011

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Intrathecal Drug Delivery for Pain and Spasticity - a volume in the new Interventional and Neuromodulatory Techniques for Pain Management series - presents state-of-the-art guidance on the full range of intrathecal drug delivery techniques performed today. Asokumar Buvanendran, MD and Sudhir Diwan, MD, offer expert advice on a variety of procedures to treat chronic non-malignant pain, cancer pain, and spasticity. Comprehensive, evidence-based coverage on selecting and performing these techniques - as well as weighing relative risks and complications - helps you ensure optimum outcomes. With access to the fully searchable text at www.expertconsult.com, you’ll have the detailed visual assistance you need right at your fingertips.

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Understand the rationale and scientific evidence behind intrathecal drug delivery techniques and master their execution.
Optimize outcomes, reduce complications, and minimize risks by adhering to current, evidence-based practice guidelines.

Apply the newest techniques in intrathecal pump placement, cancer pain management, use of baclofen pumps, and compounding drugs.

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About the author

By Asokumar Buvanendran, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL; Sudhir Diwan, MD, President, Advanced Spine on Park Avenue, New York Associate Clinical Professor, Albert Einstein Medical School, Bronx, New York, USA and Timothy R. Deer, MD, President and CEO, The Spine and Nerve Centers of the Virginias, USA

SECTION I: General Considerations

Chapter 1: Basic Science of Spinal Receptors

Chapter 2: Pharmacologic Agents and Compounding of Intrathecal Drugs

Chapter 3: Polyanalgesia for Implantable Drug Delivery Systems

Chapter 4: Principles of Patient Management for Intrathecal Analgesia

Chapter 5: Patient Selection for Intrathecal Infusion to Treat Chronic Pain

Chapter 6: Patient Preparation

Chapter 7: Psychological Considerations in IDD

Chapter 8: Intrathecal Drug Delivery: Medical Necessity, Documentation, Coding and Billing

SECTION II: Implant Devices

Chapter 9: Methods of Trials for Consideration of ITDDS

Chapter 10: Techniques of Implant Placement for Intrathecal Pumps

Chapter 11: Programmable versus Fixed-Rate Pumps for Intrathecal Drug Delivery

Chapter 12: SynchroMed EL vs SynchroMed II

Chapter 13: Minimizing the Risks of Intrathecal Therapy

Chapter 14: Complications Associated with Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems

SECTION III: Evidence-based practice

Chapter 15: Management of ITDDS in Patients with Co-Morbidities

Chapter 16: Cost-Effectiveness of Implanted Drug Delivery Systems

Chapter 17: Neuroaugmentation by Stimulation vs. Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems

Chapter 18: Anticoagulation guidelines and Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems

Chapter 19: Intrathecal Therapy for Malignant Pain

SECTION IV: ITDDs for spasticity

Chapter 20: Intrathecal Baclofen Trialing

Chapter 21: Baclofen Pump Management

SECTION V: Future of ITDDs

Chapter 22: Future of Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems (including new devices)

Chapter 23: Trialing for Ziconotide Intrathecal Analgesic Therapy

Chapter 24: Perioperative Management of Patients with ITDDS

ISBN: 9781437722178

Page Count: 224

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