Multiorganizational consensus to define guiding principles for perioperative pain management in patients with chronic pain, preoperative opioid tolerance, or substance use disorder
Recommended Citation
Dickerson DM, Mariano ER, Szokol JW, Harned M, Clark RM, Mueller JT, Shilling AM, Udoji MA, Mukkamala SB, Doan L, Wyatt KEK, Schwalb JM, Elkassabany NM, Eloy JD, Beck SL, Wiechmann L, Chiao F, Halle SG, Krishnan DG, Cramer JD, Ali Sakr Esa W, Muse IO, Baratta J, Rosenquist R, Gulur P, Shah S, Kohan L, Robles J, Schwenk ES, Allen BFS, Yang S, Hadeed JG, Schwartz G, Englesbe MJ, Sprintz M, Urish KL, Walton A, Keith L, and Buvanendran A. Multiorganizational consensus to define guiding principles for perioperative pain management in patients with chronic pain, preoperative opioid tolerance, or substance use disorder. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2023.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-25-2023
Publication Title
Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
Abstract
Significant knowledge gaps exist in the perioperative pain management of patients with a history of chronic pain, substance use disorder, and/or opioid tolerance as highlighted in the US Health and Human Services Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force 2019 report. The report emphasized the challenges of caring for these populations and the need for multidisciplinary care and a comprehensive approach. Such care requires stakeholder alignment across multiple specialties and care settings. With the intention of codifying this alignment into a reliable and efficient processes, a consortium of 15 professional healthcare societies was convened in a year-long modified Delphi consensus process and summit. This process produced seven guiding principles for the perioperative care of patients with chronic pain, substance use disorder, and/or preoperative opioid tolerance. These principles provide a framework and direction for future improvement in the optimization and care of 'complex' patients as they undergo surgical procedures.
PubMed ID
37185214
ePublication
ePub ahead of print
