New concepts in acute pain management: strategies to prevent chronic postsurgical pain, opioid-induced hyperalgesia, and outcome measures

Irina Grosu; Marc de Kock

doi:10.1016/j.anclin.2011.04.001

New concepts in acute pain management: strategies to prevent chronic postsurgical pain, opioid-induced hyperalgesia, and outcome measures

Anesthesiol Clin. 2011 Jun;29(2):311-27. doi: 10.1016/j.anclin.2011.04.001. Epub 2011 May 5.

Authors

Irina Grosu¹, Marc de Kock

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Catholic University of Louvain, St Luc Hospital, 10 Avenue Hippocrate, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.

PMID: 21620345
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2011.04.001

Abstract

Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) is a pain syndrome that has attracted attention for more than 10 years. CPSP is a pain syndrome that develops postoperatively and lasts for at least 2 months in the absence of other causes for pain (eg, recurrence of malignancy, chronic infection, and so forth). Pain continuing from a preexisting disease is not considered as CPSP. In this article, the authors discuss the etiopathogenesis of CPSP and interventions that can help prevent and treat this condition.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Analgesia
Analgesics, Opioid / adverse effects*
Anesthesia
Chronic Disease
Humans
Hyperalgesia / prevention & control*
Pain Management*
Pain, Postoperative / prevention & control*

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid