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The Neuroscience of Pain, Anesthetics, and Analgesics

  • 1st Edition - November 30, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Rajkumar Rajendram, Vinood B. Patel, Victor R. Preedy
  • Language: English

The Neuroscience of Pain, Anesthetics and Analgesics examines the syndromes of pain  and how they interlink with anesthesia and analgesics. The book covers assessments, s… Read more

Description

The Neuroscience of Pain, Anesthetics and Analgesics examines the syndromes of pain and how they interlink with anesthesia and analgesics. The book covers assessments, screening and resources, and provides applications to related areas of medicine. It explores how the perception of pain results from a multifaceted interaction between illness beliefs, age, gender, time of onset, stress, socioeconomic status, and other factors. In addition, it scrutinizes how the neuroscience of pain in one condition may be relevant to understanding pain observed in other conditions. Sections address the onset of pain, the cause of pain, and the administration of analgesia or anesthesia.

The book works to clarify all of the subjects pertinent to anesthesia and the brain. Featuring chapters on neurotransmitters, pharmacology and brain imaging, this volume discusses the mechanisms of pain and experimental studies undertaken to better understand the pathways involved.

Key features

  • Includes content on the features and assessments of pain, anesthesia and analgesia
  • Provides a mini-dictionary of terms and summary points that succinctly encapsulate each chapter
  • Covers a broad range of topics related to the neuroscience of analgesics and anesthetics
  • Helps readers navigate key areas for research and further clinical recommendations
  • Features chapters on molecular pathways, imaging and a deep look at behavior associated with the experience of pain

Readership

Neuroscientists, anesthesiologists, neurologists, clinicians, graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows. Neurologists, anesthesiologists, pharmacologists, physiologists, psychologists, doctors, health care workers and experts in behavior. Academic libraries that covers the neuroscience of pain, anesthetics and analgesics. Undergraduates, postgraduate, lecturers, academic professors, and graduate students and trainees in the basic sciences or clinical disciplines who have an interest in pain mechanisms, diagnosis and/or management

Table of contents

Features and Assessments of Pain, Anaesthesia and Analgesia:

I. Setting the scene: General aspects of anesthesia, analgesics and pain1. The concept of multimorphic cancer pain: a new approach from diagnosis to treatmentAntoine Lemaire2. Recent advances in the linkage of attachment and pain: a new reviewAlessandro Failo3. The management of pain in older peopleFelicity Claire Veal and Kelsey Kwong Pui Ng4. Anesthesia and body mass: epidural depth and beyondMehmet Canturk5. Anesthetics and analgesic activities of herbal medicine: Review of the possible mechanism of actionU G Chandrika6. Analgesia-first sedation and multimodal analgesia in the intensive care unitJohn Devlin and Paul Szumita7. The multidisciplinary Acute Pain Service: features and experiencesStefano Turi, Deni Francesco, Marilena Marmiere, Renato Meani and Luigi Beretta8. Monitoring anaesthesia: EEG and beyhondWangning ShangGuan

II. The syndromes of pain9. Cluster headache and pain: features and treatmentsRoemer Brandt and G M. Terwindt10. Migraine and pain: features and treatmentsAlfonso Gil-Martinez11. Complex regional pain syndromeChristopher R. Phillips, CDR, MC and United States Navy12. Phantom limb pain.Christopher R. Phillips, CDR, MC and United States Navy13. Painful diabetic neuropathy: The roles of microglia Idris Bin Long14. Maternal deprivation and nociceptiionIraci Lucena da Silva Torres15. Giving birth and painPelin Corman Dincer16. Abdominal Pain in GastroparesiAsad Jehangir17. Appendicitis and related abdominal painMarcos Prada-Arias Sr.18. Ovarian hormones, site-specific nociception and hypertensionLuiz GS Branco, Bruna Maitan Santos and Glauce Crivelaro do Nascimento19. Linking the heart and pain: physiological and psychophysiological mechanismsDmitry M. Davydov20. Chronic pain in military veteransA.M. Baria21. Nociception during surgeryMunetaka Hirose22. Breast cancer and nociceptionGabriela Trevisan and Amanda Spring de Almeida23. Postoperative pain after rhinoplasty and rhinologic surgeryAnthony P. Sclafani24. Pain response, neonates and venipunctureDr Hardeep Kaur25. Carpal tunnel syndrome and painCarlos Cruz-Montecinos26. Pain and HIVSara Pullen27. Pain mechanisms in computer and smartphone usersAlberto Marcos Heredia-Rizo, Pascal Madeleine and Grace PY Szeto

III. Interlinking anesthesia, analgesics and pain 28. Patients' and health professionals' positions regarding the use of analgesics in cancer casesEtienne Mullet29. Linking compression of myofascial trigger points and musculoskeletal painHisao Nishijo30. Multimodal analgesia and post-surgical painGiustino Varrassi, Martina Rekatsina, Antonella Paladini and Giorgia Saltelli31. Pain, ultrasound-guided Pecs II block and general anesthesiaA A Gde Putra Semara Jaya, Marilaeta Cindryani and Tjokorda Gde Agung Senapathi32. Pain control during prostate biopsy and evolution of local anesthesia techniqesMustafa Suat Bolat, Önder Cinar, Ali Batur, Ramazan Aşcı and Recep Büyükalpelli33. Pain reduction, in cosmetic injections: fillers and beyondRoya Sabzian, Hamid Reza Fallahi, Seied Omid Keyhan and Dana Zandian34. Anesthesia and combat-related extremity injuryRobert (Trey) Henry Burch III35. Spinal anesthesia: applications to cesarean section and painReyhan Arslantas36. Postoperative Pain Management: Truncal blocks in thoracic surgery Gulbin Tore Altun37. Postoperative Pain Management: Truncal blocks in general surgeryGulbin Tore Altun38. Linking analgesia, epidural oxycodone, pain and laparoscopyMerja Kokki and Hannu Kokki39. Levobupivacaine features and linking in infiltrating analgesiaDinko Bagatin, Tomica Bagatin, Johann Nemrava, Judith Adrianne Deutsch, Katarina Sakic, Livija Sakic, Maja Malic, Martina Ivelj, Josip Lovric and Zlatko Klanjcic

IV. Assessments, screening and resources40. The Pain Catastrophizing Scale: Features and ApplicationsTurgay Tuna41. The Pain Behaviour Scale (PaBS)Dalyah Alemam42. The analgesia nociception index: features and applicationSriganesh Kamath and Sonia Bansal43. Back Pain Evaluation QuestionnaireJun Komatsu44. The Back Pain Functional Scale: features and applicationsMeltem Koç45. Cognitive impairment, pain and analgesiaVanesa Cantón-Habas, José Manuel Martínez-Martos, Manuel Rich-Ruiz, Maria Jesus Ramirez-Exposito and María Pilar Carrera-González46. Biomarkers in endometriosis-associated painLuis Bahamondes and Deborah Margatho Sr.47. Biomarkers in bladder pain syndrome: a new narrativeThais Fontes de Magalhaes and Jorge Haddad48. Biomarkers of statin-induced musculoskeletal pain: Vitamin D and beyondMichele Malaguarnera49. Performance-based and self-reported physical fitness as a powerful marker of musculoskeletal painFernando Estevez-Lopez

 

Treatments, Mechanisms, and Adverse Reactions of Anesthetics and Analgesics:

I. Drugs and agents used in anesthesia and analgesia1. Anesthesia for malignant hyperthermia susceptible patientsHelga Cristina Almeida da Silva, Calim Neder and Mariana Lima2. Use of dextran in regional anesthesiaMasahiko Tsuchiya3. Intraperitoneal local anesthetic agents in the management of post-operative painKarlin Sevensma4. Automatic control of anesthesia via different vital signsJiann-Shing Shieh, Jerry Chen and Maysam F. Abbod5. Non-opioid based analgesia in otolaryngologyKhanh K. Nguyen, Yohanan Kim and Anthony Sanchez

II. Mechanisms of action of drugs6. Buprenorphine: mechanisms and applicationsAnuj Aggarwal and Albert Lin7. Caffeine usage in pain managementThomas Weiser8. Chloroprocaine: features and applicationsAlain Borgeat9. Clonidine: features and applicationsRenato Gomez and Magda Lourenço Fernandes10. An excursion into secondary pharmacology of fentanyls with potential implications for drug design: σ1 receptorPiotr F. J. Lipiński11. Isoflurane: mechanisms and applicationsAlexander Bautista12. The lidocaine patch: features and applications: post-thoracotomy pain and beyondAlfonso Fiorelli13. Memantine: features and application to chronic pain control Harsha Shanthanna14. Midazolam: Perioperative administrationJoe C. Hong15. Intravenous paracetamol: features and applicationsRistiawan Muji Laksono16. Prilocaine: mechanisms and applicationsSreekantha Babu Jonnalagadda17. Sevoflurane: features and use in topical application for wound careManuel Gerónimo-Pardo18. Tramadol as an analgesicAyman M. Mahmoud

III. Adverse effects, reactions and outcomes19. Long-term effects of anaesthesia on the brain: an update on neurotoxicityRajkumar Rajendram20. Neuraxial labour analgesia and breast feedingRoberto Giorgio Maria F. Wetzl21. Mechanistic Overview of How Opioid Analgesics Promote ConstipationJesse Di Cello22. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for opioid use disorder and chronic painDeclan Barry23. Preoperative opioid and benzodiazepines: impact on adverse outcomes Martin Ingi Sigurdsson24. Anesthetics, Malignant hyperthermia syndrome and Kv7 channelsMariarosaria. Bucci, Valentina Vellecco, Antonio Mancini and Giuseppe Cirino25. Problems with epidural catheterMustafa Kemal Arslantas26. Headache after neuroaxial blocks: a focus on combined-epidural anesthesiaReyhan Arslantas27. Liposomal bupivacaine, pain relief and adverse eventsAlparslan Turan28. Adverse events associate with analgesics: a focus on paracetamol useGrzegorz Porebski and Iwona Popiolek

IV. Novel and non-pharmacological aspects and treatments29. Acronychia pedunculata leaves and usage in painU G Chandrika and W. M. K. M. Ratnayake30. Adansonia digitata and use in neuropathic pain: prostaglandins and beyondAboyeji Lukuman Oyewole, Abdulmusawwir Alli-Oluwafuyi, Abdulrazaq Nafiu and Aminu Imam31. Andrographis paniculata standardized extract (ParActin) and painRafael A. Burgos32. Capsaicin: features usage in diabetic neuropathic painKongkiat Kulkantrakorn33. Cola nitida and Pain reliefLawrence Dayo Adedayo34. Analgesic effects of Ephedra Herb extract and ephedrine alkaloids-free Ephedra Herb extract (EFE)Sumiko Hyuga, Shunsuke Nakamori, Yoshiaki Amakura, Masashi Hyuga, Nahoko Uchiyama, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Takashi Hakamatsuka, Yukihiro Goda, Hiroshi Odaguchi and Toshihiko Hanawa35. Euphorbia bicolor (Euphorbiaceae) Latex Phytochemicals and applications to analgesia Paramita Basu, Dayna Loyd Averitt and Camelia Maier Maier36. Pain relieving activity of muntingia calabura l.: elucidation of possible mechanisms of action and identification of responsible phytoconstituents Zainul Amiruddin Zakaria37. Resolving neuroinflammation and pain with Maresin 1, a specialized pro-resolving lipid mediatorWaldiceu A. Verri Jr., Victor Fattori, Camila Ferraz, Fernanda Soares Rasquel-Oliveira, Tiago H. Zaninelli, Sergio Marques Borghi and Rubia Casagrande38. Therapeutic role of naringenin to alleviate inflammatory painWaldiceu A. Verri Jr., marilia Fernandes manchope, Camila Ferraz, Sergio Marques Borghi, Fernanda Soares Rasquel-Oliveira, Anelise Franciosi, Julia Bagatim de Souza, Amanda Martins Dionisio and Rubia Casagrande39. Analgesic properties of Solanum paniculatum and S.torvum extractsFrancisco José Roma Paumgartten40. Dietary constituents contribute to local anesthetic agent: neurophysiologicals mechanism of nociceptive painMamoru Takeda41. Pain response following prenatal stress and its modulation by antioxidantsC B Abd Aziz42. Physical activity and fitness in the prevention of musculoskeletal pain in youthFernando Estevez-Lopez, Pablo Molina-García Sr. and Patrocinio Ariza-Vega43. Linking aerobic exercise and childhood pain alleviation: a narrativeC. Cushing44. Physical activity and exercise in the management of musculoskeletal pain: a focus on fibromyalgiaFernando Estevez-Lopez45. Spinal cord stimulation and limb pain Usman Latif and Timothy Sowder46. Effectiveness of neural mobilization on pain and disability in individuals with musculoskeletal disorders Carlos Romero Morales47. Virtual reality and applications to treating neck painM. Razeghi48. Virtual reality-induced analgesia and dental pain Elitsa Veneva49. Vibrotactile devices, DentalVibe and local anesthesiaElitsa Veneva, Ani Belcheva and Ralitsa D. Raycheva50. Cooled radiofrequency ablation (CRFA) and osteoarthritis treatment for painAntonia Chen and Eric Moorhead51. Non-pharmacologic analgesic therapies: a focus on photobiomodulation, acustimulation and cryoanalgesia (ice) therapyRoya Yumul, Ofelia Loani Elvir Lazo and Paul Frederick White52. New coping strategies and self-education for chronic pain management: e-healthVictoria Mazoteras Pardo, Marta San-Antolín, Daniel López-López, Ricardo Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo, Marta Losa-Iglesias, Carlos Romero Morales, David Rodríguez-Sanz, Eva María Martinez-Jiménez and César Calvo-Lobo Sr.53. Postoperative Pain Management Truncal blocks in obstetric and gynecologic surgery Pelin Corman Dincer

 

 

The Neurobiology, Physiology and Psychology of Pain:

I. Molecular and cellular aspects1. Gene expression, KCNQ/Kv7 channels and neuropathic pain Q. Yang and Zizhen Wu2. The NTRK1 gene and congenital insensitivity to painMaryam Sobhani3. Prdm12, a key transcriptional regulator of the nociceptive lineageEric Joseph Bellefroid4. Linking the genetics of fibromyalgia and painFernando Estevez-Lopez5. Fentanyl: Polymorphisms, and adverse eventsAna M. Peiro6. Propofol anesthesia and molecular changes in the brainVesna Pesic7. Protein Kinase G is a Molecular Switch for PainY-J Sung8. Adrenergic agonists and the mu opioid receptor Robert Root-Bernstein9. Inflammatory and neuropathic pain impact on the opioid function in the mesocorticolimbic systemLHipolito, Yolanda Campos-Jurado, Javier Cuitavi Javier, Natalia Landsberg and Jesús David Lorente10. Clinacanthus nutans, analgesia and the l-arginine/nitric oxide-mediated/cyclic-guanosine monophosphate-independent pathwayZainul Amiruddin Zakaria11. alpha2/3-selective GABAA receptor PAMs as pain medications Jeffrey Witkin and Rok Cerne12. alpha5GABAA receptors and their role in pain perception Rodolfo Delgado-Lezama, Úrzula Franco-Enzástiga, Yarim De la Luz-Cuellar, Luis Eduardo Hernández-Reyes, Guadalupe Raya-Tafolla, Janet Murbartián, Vinicio Granados-Soto and Jorge Elías Torres-López13. ATP sensitive potassium channels in pain and analgesia Celina MC Lotufo, Tais Campos Lima and Débora Oliveira Santos14. Astrocyte-neuron lactate shuttle and painMasahiro Ohsawa and Keisuke Miyamoto15. Nociception and sweet solutions: applications to inflammatory pain KHawla Nuseir16. Interlinking Interleukin-33 (IL-33), neuroinflammation and neuropathic pain Camila Ferraz, Fernanda Soares Rasquel-Oliveira, Sergio Marques Borghi, Anelise Franciosi, Thacyana Carvalho, Telma Saraiva-Santos, Nayara Anitelli Artero, Rubia Casagrande and Waldiceu A. Verri Jr.17. Neurons of the parabrachial nucleus, nociceptive input and pain pathways Masashi Fujitani18. Anterior cingulate cortex, pain perception and pathological neuronal plasticity during chronic painFernando Kasanetz19. Sleep deprivation headaches and Fos immunohistochemistryJeongWook Park and Seonghoon Kim20. Antinociceptive glucagon-like peptidesDuygun Altıntaş Aykan21. Pain transmission and peripheral group III metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs)Hee Chul Han and Eui Ho Park22. TRPM -8 receptor and menthol in pain managementMerja Kokki

II. Physiology, imaging and physical recordings 23. Anesthetic and proconvulsant effects of ketamine on EEG Shaila Gowda and Charles Akos Szabo24. Electroencephalography and anesthetic doses of ketamineJamie Sleigh25. Linking heart function and analgesiaGiustino Varrassi, Giorgia Saltelli, Antonella Paladini and Martina Rekatsina26. Computed Tomography-guided procedures for epidural injections Semih Gungor27. Chronic pain: Linking deep brain stimulation and sensory functional MRIWitold Henryk Polanski and Johann Klein28. Neurocognition and placebo analgesia: linking in functional magnetic resonance imaging Sara Palermo29. Linking the cortex, functional spectroscopy and pain: features and applicationsWolnei Caumo Sr.30. Muscle origins of myofascial pain syndromeEva María Martinez-Jiménez

III. Psychology and Behaviour31. Behavioral markers of painScott Holmes, Aisling E. Quinlan and Meghan Pierce32. Adverse life events, sensitization of spinal nociception, and chronic pain riskJamie Lynn Rhudy and Natalie Hellman33. Cognitive-affective modulation of pain: The Placebo and nocebo phenomena and their impact on pain treatmentSergiu Albu, Hans Linsenbardt and Mary Meagher34. Nociception-related behavioral phenotypes in adult zebrafishFabiano Vargas Costa Sr.35. Pain, implantable pain devices and psychosocial aspects as a narrativeK. Chakravarthy and Vishal Varshney36. Influence of psychological factors in myofascial painCésar Calvo-Lobo Sr.

IV. Resources37. ResourcesRajkumar Rajendram

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 15, 2021
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Rajkumar Rajendram

Dr Rajkumar Rajendram is a clinician-scientist with expertise in internal medicine, anaesthesia, intensive care and peri-operative medicine. He graduated with distinctions from Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Medical School, King’s College London, in 2001, where he received several prizes, merits and distinctions in pre-clinical and clinical subjects.

Dr Rajendram completed specialist training in acute and general medicine in Oxford and subsequently held a Consultant appointment in Acute General Medicine at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. He also trained in anaesthesia and intensive care in London, including advanced training in regional anaesthesia and intensive care, and subsequently held a Consultant appointment in Intensive Care, Anaesthesia and Peri-operative Medicine at the Royal Free London Hospitals.

His postgraduate training has spanned internal medicine, anaesthesia, intensive care and point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). He was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 2009, Fellowship of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine in 2013, and the European Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine in 2014. He is a Fellow of both the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Physicians of London.

Dr Rajendram is currently a Consultant at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and holds a joint appointment as Associate Professor in the Research Unit, Department of Medical Education, at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences.

His multidisciplinary clinical background has informed his research interests in nutrition, fluid management and fluid balance in health and disease, particularly in acutely and critically ill patients. His research has also addressed POCUS, COVID-19 phenotypes and nutritional support in illness. Dr Rajendram has contributed extensively to medical research and education and has authored more than 400 textbook chapters, review articles, peer-reviewed papers and conference abstracts.

Affiliations and expertise
Consultant, Medical Protocol Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia & Joint Appointment Associate Professor, Research Unit, Department of Medical Education, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

VP

Vinood B. Patel

Vinood B. Patel, BSc, PhD, FRSC, is Professor in Clinical Biochemistry at the University of Westminster. In 2014 Dr Patel was elected as a Fellow to The Royal Society of Chemistry. Dr Patel graduated from the University of Portsmouth with a degree in Pharmacology and completed his PhD in protein metabolism from King’s College London in 1997. His postdoctoral work was carried out at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical School, NC, USA studying structural-functional alterations to mitochondrial ribosomes, where he developed novel techniques to characterize their biophysical properties. Research is being undertaken to study the role of nutrients, antioxidants, phytochemicals, iron, alcohol and fatty acids in the pathophysiology of disease. Other areas of interest are identifying new biomarkers that can be used for the diagnosis and prognosis of disease and understanding mitochondrial oxidative stress. Dr Patel is a nationally and internationally recognized researcher and has several edited biomedical books related to health and well being These books include Ancient and traditional foods, plants and herbs and spices in human health; coffee in health and disease prevention, Nuts and seeds in health and disease prevention Handbook of Substance Misuse and Addictions: From Biology to Public Health, tea in health and disease prevention.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Clinical Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences University of Westminster, London, UK

VP

Victor R. Preedy

Victor R. Preedy, BSc, PhD, DSc, FRSB, FRSPH, FRCPath, FRSC, FRSM, is Professor of Clinical Biochemistry (Hon) at King’s College Hospital and Emeritus Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry at King’s College London. He also holds an Honorary Professorship at the University of Suffolk and served as the long‑term Director of the Genomics Centre at King’s College London from 2006 to 2020. Professor Preedy graduated with an Honours Degree in Biology and Physiology with Pharmacology and later obtained his PhD from the University of London. He subsequently received Membership of the Royal College of Pathologists and later earned his second doctorate (DSc) in recognition of his contributions to protein metabolism. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, the Royal Society of Biology, the Royal College of Pathologists, the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, the Royal Society for Public Health, and the Royal Society of Chemistry. Professor Preedy has conducted research while affiliated with Imperial College London, the School of Pharmacy (now part of University College London), and the MRC Centre at Northwick Park Hospital. He has collaborated widely with international research groups in Finland, Japan, Australia, the USA, and Germany. His longstanding academic interests include health and well‑being. He has published more than 750 works, including peer‑reviewed research articles, abstracts, symposium presentations, reviews, and edited books.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, King’s College Hospital, London, UK; Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King’s College London, UK; Visiting Professor, University of Hull, UK