Continuous regional anesthesia or a single shot technique for acute postoperative pain treatment?

  • Rudin DOMI Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Attending Anesthesiologist-Intensivist, Department of Anesthesiology & Intensive Care, “Mother Teresa” University Hospital Center, Tirana, Albania.
Keywords: Postoperative pain, Multimodal analgesia, Nerve blocks

Abstract

Acute postoperative pain is a great concern to the patients and the surgical team. Pain can contribute to increased morbidity and mortality, health care costs, chronic pain, and patients’ life quality. Many adverse effects are related to inadequately treated postoperative pain as cardio-respiratory complications, deep venous thrombosis, water and salt retention, hyperglycemia, proinflammatory and procoagulation states, and finally chronic pain. Aggressive treatment includes patients’ evaluation, multimodal regimen, and pain killers in the discharged period. Regional analgesia and especially peripheral nerve block are gaining popularity in pain treatment. This editorial view is focused on the comparison of continuous vs. single shot technique.

 

Published
01-20-2019
How to Cite
DOMI, R. (2019). Continuous regional anesthesia or a single shot technique for acute postoperative pain treatment?. Anaesthesia, Pain & Intensive Care, 297-300. Retrieved from https://apicareonline.com/index.php/APIC/article/view/128
Section
Editorial Views