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| Type: | Journal article |
| Title: | Acute pain management in opioid-tolerant patients: a growing challenge |
| Author: | Huxtable, C. Roberts, L. Somogyi, A. Macintyre, P. |
| Citation: | Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 2011; 39(5):804-823 |
| Publisher: | Australian Soc Anaesthetists |
| Issue Date: | 2011 |
| ISSN: | 0310-057X 1448-0271 |
| Statement of Responsibility: | C.A. Huxtable, L.J. Roberts, A.A. Somogyi and P.E. MacIntyre |
| Abstract: | The article provides information on a study which investigated the challenges presented by opioid-tolerant patients undergoing acute pain management. The opioid prescribing trends are examined and the mechanisms underlying opioid tolerance and opioid-induced hyperalgesia (OIH) and their clinical implications are discussed. Also explored are the acute pain management options in opioid-tolerant patients. |
| Keywords: | Acute pain analgesics buprenorphine, drug addiction drug tolerance methadone opioid analgesics opioid substitution treatment opioid tolerant perioperative period postoperative pain suboxone |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0310057x1103900505 |
| Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/565387 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1011521 |
| Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0310057x1103900505 |
| Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Medicine publications |
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