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Integrating mechanistic-based and classification-based concepts into perioperative pain management: an educational guide for acute pain physicians.

Authors :
Yian Chen
Wang, Eric
Sites, Brian D.
Cohen, Steven P.
Source :
Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine; Aug2024, Vol. 49 Issue 8, p581-601, 22p
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Chronic pain begins with acute pain. Physicians tend to classify pain by duration (acute vs chronic) and mechanism (nociceptive, neuropathic and nociplastic). Although this taxonomy may facilitate diagnosis and documentation, such categories are to some degree arbitrary constructs, with significant overlap in terms of mechanisms and treatments. In clinical practice, there are myriad different definitions for chronic pain and a substantial portion of chronic pain involves mixed phenotypes. Classification of pain based on acuity and mechanisms informs management at all levels and constitutes a critical part of guidelines and treatment for chronic pain care. Yet specialty care is often siloed, with advances in understanding lagging years behind in some areas in which these developments should be at the forefront of clinical practice. For example, in perioperative pain management, enhanced recovery protocols are not standardized and tend to drive treatment without consideration of mechanisms, which in many cases may be incongruent with personalized medicine and mechanism-based treatment. In this educational document, we discuss mechanisms and classification of pain as it pertains to commonly performed surgical procedures. Our goal is to provide a clinical reference for the acute pain physician to facilitate pain management decision-making (both diagnosis and therapy) in the perioperative period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10987339
Volume :
49
Issue :
8
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
179417008
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2022-104203