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1 Pain Physician 2011; 14: ISSN Index by Key Words A aberrant behavior abuse , 175, 259 accelerometry acquired immune deficiency syndrome... E505 adaptive stimulation addiction... E103 adherence monitoring adhesive capsulitis adverse effects... 91, E133 events... 15, 145 Affordable Care Act... E35 Alcock s canal ambulatory surgery center payment system... E177 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)... E249 anticoagulants antithrombotic agents aspiration aspirin automaticity B baclofen benzodiazepines , 259 biological agents... E427 bion bladder spasm bleeding disorders botulinum toxin , 419 breakthrough pain... E103 buprenorphine C cancer... E283 cancer pain , E85, E373 case reports... E85 caudal saline injection cervical spine chromatography chronic ankle pain headache low back pain lumbosacral radicular pain non-cancer pain... 91, 343, E103, E119, E133 opioid therapy pain... 61, 71, 383, 391, 441, 537, 559, E85, E119 claims... E405 clopidogrel (Plavix) cluster headache codeine... E343 cold pressor test... 1 comparative effectiveness research (CER)... E249 complex regional pain syndrome , 419, 491 compliance monitoring complicated migraine complications , 459, 513 compression fractures computed tomography Congressional Budget Office (CBO)... E313 consensus... E283 constant current voltage continuous radiofrequency lesioning contrast dye controlled substances , 175, 259, E119 corticosteroid , 353 cost control... E35 D decrease drug use Delphi study diagnostic coding systems... E405 injection disc herniation discogenic pain distal sensory polyneuropathy... E505 diversion DMARDs... E427 dog dorsal column root ganglion double needle techique drug liking safety dry needling duloxetine... E217 dural puncture

2 Key Word Index sac dynorphins... E343 dystonia , 419 E effectiveness... E85 endorphins... E343 enkephalins... E343 epicranial neurostimulation technique epidural , 475, 499 access injection , 377 scar steroids euphoria evidence... E283 evidence-based literature... E405 medicine , E249 extended-release opioids F facet joint pain... 25, 545 failed back surgery syndrome failed neck surgery false-negatives false-positives fatigue... E217 fentanyl... 90, E133, E343 fibromyalgia... E217 flank pain fluoroscopy , 281 functional improvement G glia... E505 Government Accountability Office... E177 groin pain growth... E405 guidelines... E283 H health care costs... E35 reform... E35 regulation... E35 subsidies... E35 health exchanges... E35 insurance premiums... E35 policy... E5 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)... E405 heart rate variability... 1 hemodynamics... 1 hemorrhagic complications hemostasis herniated disc histopathology human immunodeficiency virus... E505 hydrocodone... 91, E133, E343 hydromorphone... 91, E133, E343 hypertension... 1 I ICD-10-CM... E405 ICD-9-CM... E405 ICF model iliolumbar ligament syndrome illicit drugs , 175, 189, 259 image guided immunoassay , 175, 259 Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB)... E313 inert agent... E157 infection infiltration interlaminar International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD)... E405 intervention interventional pain management , 425, 459, E5, E249, E313 techniques , 377, 425, 459, E103, E177,E249, E313 intervertebral vein intractable pain... E343 intraspinal devices intrathecal... 15, E283 drug delivery , 483 device system opioids , 343 K ketamine

3 Pain Physician: November/December 2011:14: kyphoplasty L laser doppler imaging LC-MS/MS liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry , 259 local anesthetic... 25, 211 long-term treatment loss of resistance... 45, 195 low back pain , 377, 469, 499 lower extremity pain lumbar disc herniation interlaminar epidural injections radicular symptoms of lower limbs spinal artery stenosis sympathetic block vein lumbosacral M malignant compression fractures Medicare... E5, E35 Modernization Act (MMA)... E249 Modernization and Improvement Act... E177 metastasis methadone... 91, E133, E343 microdiscectomy migraine migration milnacipran... E217 monitoring of opioid adherence... E119 morphine... 71, 91, 391, E133, E343 multidisciplinary care... E361 multi-dose vials multiple sclerosis myofascial pain N naltrexone narcotics... E343 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)... E249, E313 nausea nerve neuralgia neurobiological mediators... E157 neurological deficits neuromodulation... 45, 195, 407, 513 neuropathic pain , 295, 441, 559 neuropathy... E505 neurostimulation , 525 neurotoxicity nocebo... E157 hyperalgesia... E157 noncancer pain , E85 nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents nucleoplasty nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors... E505 O observational studies... E85 occipital neuralgia OMG Connector opinion opioid... 15, 383 abuse... E103 abuse and addiction... E361 adherence... E119 agonists conversion effectiveness... 91, E133 efficacy hyperalgesia... E103 interactions... E343 metabolism... E343 misuse... E103 receptors rotation sensitivity substitution switching tolerance withdrawal opioid-induced hyperalgesia opioids... 91, 123, 175, 249, 259, E85, E103, E119 E133, E283, E361, E505 oral opioid therapy osteolysis Outpatient Prospective Payment System... E177 oxycodone... 71, 91, E133, E343 oxymorphone... 71, 91, E343 P pain , 513, E217, E283, E373, E427, E505 assessment comprehensive pain scale patients

4 Key Word Index scales palliation palliative... E283 paresthesia , 537 Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)... E35,E249,E313 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( ACA)... E249, E313 pelvic pain percutaneous adhesiolysis peripheral nerve stimulation... 37, 295, 435 nervous system opioid receptors persistence persistent post surgical pain pharmacodynamics pharmacokinetics pharmacology... E343 physician fee schedule... E5 payment policy... E5 placebo... E157 analgesia... E157 effect... E157 treatment... E157 pneumothorax polymethylmethacrylate post thoracotomy pain syndrome post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) posterior column stimulator posture responsive stimulation predictors preference pregabalin... E217 preoperative fasting prescriber pattern prescription monitoring programs , E119 programmable infusion systems propoxyphene... E343 psychophysiological mediators... E157 PTPS pudendal pulsed radiofrequency application lesioning R radiation therapy , E373 radicular artery pain radiculitis radiculomedullary artery radiculopathic radiculopathy radiofrequency radiopharmaceuticals... E373 randomized trials... 91, E85 Raynaud s phenomenon recurrent herniation refractory chronic pain regional anesthesia registry regulations... E405 regulatory reform... E5 reimbursement... E405 relative risk , 459 renal pain retrodiscal rheumatoid arthritis... E427 S S(+)-ketamine sacroiliac joint safe injection practices triangle zone screening tools... E119 segmental nerve selection... E283 selective nerve root block shoulder significant pain relief single dose vials sleep... E217 spasm , 419 spasticity spinal anesthesia spinal cord stimulation... 1, 55, 195, 407, 441, 537 stimulator spinal infusion spine splanchnic nerve steroid , 361, 475, 499 stimulation parameters subarachnoid substance abuse and addiction... E

5 Pain Physician: November/December 2011:14: sural neuropathy surgical face masks sustained growth rate formula... E5 sympathetically maintained pain systematic reviews... 91, E249 T tapentadol Technique , 531 thoracic pain paravertebral plexus TNF inhibitors... E427 tramadol... 91, E133, E343 transcranial magnetic stimulation transforaminal , 499 epidural injection , 353 epidural steroid injection traumatic brain injury triamcinolone Trucath U UDT ultrasound , 531 uninsured... E35 uretero-pelvic junction obstruction urine drug testing , 175, 189, 259, 383 V vascular trespass vertebroplasty visceral pain visualization vomiting W warfarin (Coumadin) Z ziconotide

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