Management of the patient with chronic pain.
Chronic pain is a significant complex problem in the perioperative environment. The management of patients with chronic pain has presented new challenges to anesthesia providers in the perioperative setting. The treatment of pain is often inadequate, and patients with preexisting chronic pain are not being managed properly. Although numerous techniques for intraoperative analgesia have been established, no official guidelines have been published for the growing population of patients with chronic pain. This article provides insight into and awareness of the various elements that should be addressed, along with interventions for the patient with chronic pain in the perioperative setting.
Department of Anesthesiology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 20 York Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. Electronic address: Renee.Benfari@YNHH.org.
Renee N
RN
Benfari
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000451:nursing*; D064648:Critical Care Nursing; D006801:Humans; D059408:Pain Management
Analgesia; Chronic pain; Opioid; Pain; Perioperative