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An Experimental Paradigm for the Prediction of Post-Operative Pain (PPOP)
Published on: January 27, 2010
[Interdisciplinary position paper "Perioperative pain management"]
R Likar1, W Jaksch2, T Aigmüller3
1Abteilung für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Klinikum Klagenfurt, Feschnigstraße 11, 9020, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Österreich. rudolf.likar@kabeg.at.
Abstract:
Despite many positive developments, postoperative pain and its treatment is still not always given the necessary attention. Severe pain after surgical procedures affects a significant proportion of patients. This very fact is not only detrimental to the immediate recovery process, but can also form the basis for the development of chronic pain conditions.An adequate and effective management of perioperative pain requires appropriate organizational structures. This multidisciplinary paper which was initiated by the Austrian Society for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care and the Austrian Pain Society and developed together with numerous specialist and professional societies dealing with the subject aims at supporting the organization of perioperative pain management structures and to make best use of proven concepts. Additional recommendations describe specific interventions for selected types of intervention.
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