Visceral pain [[electronic resource] ] : clinical, pathophysiological and therapeutic aspects / / edited by Maria Adele Giamberardino

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (121 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.0472
• Soggetto topico: Pain; Viscera - Diseases
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: GiamberardinoMaria Adele
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 Epidemiology and social impact of visceral pain; 2 Visceral pain phenomena in the clinical setting and their interpretation; 3 Experimental visceral pain; 4 Animal models of visceral pain; 5 Mechanisms: lessons from translational studies of endometriosis; 6 Emerging pharmacological therapies; 7 Cardiac vs non-cardiac chest pain; 8 Gastrointestinal pain; 9 Urogenital pain; 10 Visceral pain in cancer patients; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: Visceral pain, or pain in the internal organs, is often quite difficult for the clinician to recognize promptly as its characteristics are often atypical and vary with time. Patients with visceral pain also often present with concurrent painful conditions in more than one internal organ; this can give rise to an intricate complex of symptoms which can be misleading if not accurately evaluated. Also, despite its frequency, the mechanisms behind pain in the internal organs are notfully understood, and this impacts negatively on therapy.This concise pocketbook addresses the epidemiology and clini
• Titolo autorizzato: Visceral pain
• ISBN: 0-19-176886-3; 1-283-58032-2; 9786613892775; 0-19-157525-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452772403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II