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Record Nr.

UNINA9910137483703321

Titolo

Chronic pain and HIV : a practical approach / / edited by Jessica Merlin [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-118-77740-9

1-118-77739-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Disciplina

616.97/920472

Soggetti

Chronic pain - Treatment

HIV infections - Complications

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.