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Neurophysiologic basic of pain. Pain mechanisms and their importance in clinical practice and research. Diagnosis of pain. The history and clinical examination. Diagnostic imaging and pain management. Assessment of pain. Neurophysiologic testing in pain management. Therapeutic options: pharmacologic approaches. Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs. Opioids. Adyuvant treatments. Psychopharmacology for the pain specialist. Therapeutic options: Nonpharmacolgic approaches. Neurosurgical pain management. Acupunture. radiotherapy and radiopharmaceuticals. Acute pain. Chronic pain. Neuropathic pain syndromes. Pain in human inmunodeficiency virus and acquired inmunodeficiency syndrome. Pain due to cancer. Palliative medicine. Special situations. Emergency in the pain clinics.