title: Pain management mini-series. Part II. Chronic opioid drug therapy: implications for perioperative anesthesia and pain management.
abstract: In the U.S., there is a growing percentage of chronic pain patients requiring surgery. Chronic pain patients require careful evaluation and planning to achieve appropriate acute pain management. Peri-surgical pain management often requires continuation of previously prescribed chronic pain modalities and careful selection of multimodal acute pain interventions. This article will provide a broad overview of chronic pain, definitions, and current recommendations for the treatment of perioperative pain in patients maintained on opioid therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Robert B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: Quinn L
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Joseph L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Reeves-Viets
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000145:classification / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000145:classification / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid