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List of tables and figures
Tables
1.1 Examples of primary afferent and dorsal horn receptors and ligands ............................. 2
1.2 Incidence of chronic pain after surgery.......................................................................... 11
1.3 Risk factors for chronic postsurgical pain....................................................................... 11
1.4 Definitions of pre‐emptive and preventive analgesia .................................................... 13
CONTENTS 1.6 Metabolic and endocrine responses to injury................................................................ 17
Summary of studies according to target agent administered ........................................ 14
1.5
Fundamentals of a pain history ...................................................................................... 35
2.1
3.1
Antidepressants for the treatment of neuropathic pain ................................................ 87
4.1 Possible benefits of an Acute Pain Service ..................................................................... 49
6.1 The 2007 Oxford league table of analgesic efficacy ..................................................... 151
9.1 Taxonomy of acute pain associated with spinal cord injury......................................... 244
9.2 Simple analgesics for the treatment of migraine ......................................................... 262
9.3 Table of triptans ........................................................................................................... 263
9.4 Pooled effectiveness data from emergency department studies of the
treatment of migraine .................................................................................................. 292
10.1 Acute pain intensity measurement tools — neonates ................................................. 340
10.2 Composite scales for infants and children.................................................................... 341
10.3 Self‐report tools for children ........................................................................................ 342
11.1 ADEC drug categorisation according to fetal risk ......................................................... 383
11.2 Categorisation of drugs used in pain management...................................................... 384
11.3 The breastfeeding patient and drugs used in pain management................................. 392
11.4 Direction and approximate magnitude of physiological changes apparent in an older
population (> 70 years) and the effects of individual changes on pharmacokinetic
variables ....................................................................................................................... 397
11.5 Analgesic drugs in patients with renal impairment...................................................... 415
11.6 Analgesic drugs in patients with hepatic impairment .................................................. 419
11.7 Definitions for tolerance, physical dependence and addiction.................................... 422
Figures
1.1 The main ascending and descending spinal pain pathways ............................................. 5
1.2 The injury response ........................................................................................................ 16
1.3 Proposed pathways of glucose‐induced cellular toxicity................................................ 18
1.4 Acute pain management and rehabilitation................................................................... 20
10.1 Faces Pain Scale — Revised .......................................................................................... 340
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