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British Journal of Anaesthesia 2005 95(6):727-728; doi:10.1093/bja/aei268
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P.-A. Lönnqvist

Stockholm, Sweden

E-mail: per-arne.lonnqvist@karolinska.se

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The concept of pre-emptive analgesia is based on the intuitive idea that if pain is treated before the injury occurs, the nociceptive system will perceive less pain than if analgesia is given after the injury has already occurred. Pre-emptive analgesia would apply well to the situation of elective surgery, since in this situation it is possible to control the series of events and, thus, it is possible to deliver effective analgesia before the start of surgery.

Animal and human volunteer studies have verified the concept of pre-emptive analgesia. However, despite the use of . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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