Perioperative management of chronic pain patients with opioid dependency

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 325-331

  Brill, Silviu ^a   Ginosar, Yehuda ^b   Davidson, Elyad M ^b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Chronic opioid treatment; Chronic pain; Opioid dependency; Perioperative management

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLONIDINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; HYDROMORPHONE; KETAMINE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PREGABALIN;

ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; AUSTRALIA; BREAKTHROUGH PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; ELIXIR; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HALLUCINATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAVENOUS REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OPIATE ADDICTION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REHABILITATION CARE; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 33744983908     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aco.0000192813.38236.99     Document Type: Review

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