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Explore the fusion of art and science in medicine with innovative techniques and ideas in pain management and cancer treatment. Learn how to refine the art of medicine and put the art back into healing for a holistic approach to patient care.
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Philip Cornish, FANZCA, FFPMANZCADept of Anaesthesia & Pain MedicineFlinders Medical Centre, South Australia ‘Hey, Doc, I’ve heard there’s something new…’
?Medicine is an art not a science • ?Make medicine more artful • ?Put the art back into medicine • ?Medicine is both a science and an art • ?Medicine is a science not an art • ?Practice the art of medicine • ?Transform art into science • ?Refine the art of medicine
Pain as a Disease • Burden of pain largely unaddressed • Nosological status • National Pain Strategy • Funding • Training
Pain as the 5th vital sign • P • BP • RR • LOC • VAS
NNT – trick or treat? • = effort required to reach therapeutic target • Limitations • Point estimate • Pooled data • Overestimates efficacy • Underestimates NNH • Doesn’t usually mention NNK
Zoster/PHN • Vaccination • Booster in late middle age • NNV@65 : AHZ 11 PHN 43 C/E > 60 for pain
Ideas Out There • Discogenic Pain – methylene blue • Post Herpetic Neuralgia – botulinum toxin • Multiple Sclerosis – cannabis • Pre-Pain Clinic CBT – STEPS • Phantom Limb Pain – mirror therapy
Q.S.T. • Psychophysiological test • C-fibre axonopathy • CRPS • Peripheral neuropathy • QST vs EMG
Neuropathic Pain • Caused by injury to nociceptive nerves • Rarely treated by neurectomy
Oxycodone/Naloxone • Claimed to lessen constipation • Might also lessen diversion
Glial cells • ‘benign’ connective tissue • TLR-4 receptors & pronociception
Opioid Passport • New style opioid contract • 4 components • Passport • Schedule 8 pass • Patient’s information sheet • Doctor’s checklist
Cancer Pain • WHO ladder • Survivors • Specific treatments
TAP Block • First described: • Rafi AN, Abdominal field block: a new approach via the lumbar triangle. Anaesthesia 2001; 56: 1024-6 • Popularised: • O’Donnell BD, McDonnell JG, McShane AG. The transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block in open retropubic prostatectomy. RAPM 2006; 3:91 • McDonnell JG, et al., Analgesic efficacy of transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block after abdominal surgery, a prospective randomized controlled trial. Anesth Analg 2007; 104:193-7