Chronic pain and HIV : a practical approach - Merlin, Jessica; Selwyn, Peter A.; Treisman, Glenn J., 1956-; Giovanniello, Angela (Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2016)
Epidemiology of chronic pain in HIV-infected individuals -- Pathophysiology of chronic pain in individuals with HIV -- Musculoskeletal pain in individuals with HIV -- Headache in individuals with HIV -- HIV and peripheral neuropathy -- Common medical comorbid conditions and chronic pain in HIV -- Psychiatric comorbidities among individuals with HIV and chronic pain -- Comorbid substance use among HIV-infected individuals with chronic pain -- Treatment of chronic pain syndromes in the HIV-infected person -- Potential benefit and harm of prescription opioids in HIV -- Safer opioid prescribing in HIV-infected patients with chronic pain -- Communicating about chronic pain assessment, diagnostic testing, and management in individuals with HIV -- The "difficult patient" with HIV and chronic pain -- HIV-related pain in low and middle-income countries with reference to Sub-Saharan Africa -- Pain at the end of life in individuals with AIDS -- Disparities and barriers in management of chronic pain among vulnerable populations with HIV infection.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Chronic pain -- Treatment; HIV infections -- Complications; Chronic Pain; HIV Infections; Comorbidity; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Chronic pain -- Treatment; HIV infections -- Complications; Electronic books