title: New concepts in acute pain management: strategies to prevent chronic postsurgical pain, opioid-induced hyperalgesia, and outcome measures.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Catholic University of Louvain, St Luc Hospital, 10 Avenue Hippocrate, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Grosu
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Kock
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000698:Analgesia; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000758:Anesthesia; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D006930:Hyperalgesia / Q000517:prevention & control*; D059408:Pain Management; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid