Opis: Chronic Pain and HIV - Angela Giovanniello

Patients suffering from HIV/AIDS often experience chronic pain due to the many diseases and infections they pick up as a result of a weakened immune system. It interferes with their quality of life and physical functioning, impacts adherence to antiretroviral therapy and HIV primary care, and is associated with significant psychological/social distress and substance use disorders. Chronic Pain and HIV addresses all these complex issues that can influence pain care that can influence pain care for the patient with HIV and acts both as a primer and a comprehensive review to define the field of chronic pain management. Using a clear, clinical approach, key topics include the following: * Musculoskeletal pain in individuals in HIV * Headache in individuals with HIV * Psychiatric comorbidities among individuals with HIV and chronic pain * Potential benefit and harm of prescription opioids in HIV * Pain at the end of life in individuals with AIDS * Treatment of chronic pain syndromes in the HIV-infected person. Edited by an outstanding team with extensive experience in HIV/AIDS and pain/palliative care, every chapter is written by a world-famous expert in their field who provides a thorough review of the relevant literature, including the very latest in management guidelines from the leading international societies. Perfect for all those in primary care, as well as infectious disease specialists managing patients with HIV/AIDS, Chronic Pain and HIV provides sensible, straightforward clinical advice to ensure the best possible patient management.Foreword vii About the editors ix List of contributors xi 1 Epidemiology of chronic pain in HIV-infected individuals 1 2 Pathophysiology of chronic pain in individuals with HIV 7 3 Chronic pain assessment, diagnostic testing, and management, with an emphasis on communication about these topics to individuals with HIV 16 4 HIV and chronic pain: musculoskeletal pain 27 5 Headache in HIV 38 6 HIV and peripheral neuropathy 51 7 Common medical comorbid conditions and chronic pain in HIV 63 8 Psychiatric comorbidities among individuals with HIV and chronic pain 71 9 Comorbid substance use among persons with HIV and chronic pain 78 10 Pharmacologic and Non-Pharmacologic treatment approaches to chronic pain in individuals with HIV 97 11 Potential benefits and harms of prescription opioids in HIV 113 12 Safer opioid prescribing in HIV-infected patients with chronic pain 123 13 The difficult patient with HIV and chronic pain, 137 14 HIV-related pain in low- and middle-income countries with reference to sub-Saharan Africa 150 15 Pain at the end of life in individuals with AIDS 157 16 Disparities and barriers in management of chronic pain among vulnerable populations with HIV infection 165 Index 177

Szczegóły: Chronic Pain and HIV - Angela Giovanniello

Tytuł: Chronic Pain and HIV
Autor: Angela Giovanniello
Wydawnictwo: John Wiley
ISBN: 9781118777411
Rok wydania: 2016
Ilość stron: 192
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 0.46 kg

Recenzje: Chronic Pain and HIV - Angela Giovanniello