Molecular and physiological mechanisms of acute and chronic pain -- Assessment scales, clinical tools and techniques -- Challenges of the management of acute pain in hospitalized patients with preexisting chronic pain, barriers to adequate pain control in hospital settings -- Patient satisfaction with inpatient management of pain -- Limitations of inpatient pharmacological treatment -- Patient groups with limited tolerance to pharmacologic management -- Special considerations for bedside pain management interventions for elderly -- Special considerations for bedside pain management interventions for children -- Bedside interventions for parturients -- Neuraxial anesthesia -- Bedside perioperative interventions -- Bedside interventions in patients with implanted pain management devices, including intrathecal pumps, spinal cord stimulators, and peripheral nerve stimulator -- Portable sonography and landmark techniques for bedside interventional procedures -- Complications of bedside interventional procedures. Local anesthetic toxicity -- Bedside injections for head and neck pain -- Bedside injections for shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand pain -- Bedside injections for upper back pain -- Bedside injections for thoracic pain -- Bedside injections for abdominal pain -- Bedside injections for pelvic pain -- Bedside injections for lower back and sacral pain -- Bedside injections for hip, knee, and foot pain -- Bedside injections for lower extremity pain -- Bedside Chiropractic and Osteopathic Manipulations -- Bedside Pain Psychology Interventions -- Bedside Physical Therapy Interventions -- Bedside Integrative Medicine Interventions.

This book describes bedside pain management interventions for basic clinical situations commonly encountered during the inpatient care. It aims to provide clinicians with real-world practical information, including patient selection, required equipment, and procedure guidance, that will optimize patient management. Each chapter addresses a particular procedure or a set of procedures, with specialties selected according to the subject matter. Physicians of any specialty practicing in hospital settings, residents, fellows in training, medical students, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, psychology, chiropractors, physical therapy and integrative medicine specialists will find this text to be comprehensive and practical.