TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Multimodal Analgesia: Pharmacologic Interventions and Prevention of Persistent Postoperative Pain A1 - Young, Adam C. A1 - Buvanendran, Asokumar A2 - Hadzic, Admir Y1 - 2017 N1 - T2 - Hadzic's Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management, 2e AB - Multimodal analgesia was popularized in 1993 by Kehlet and Dahl and described as “combined analgesic regimens” in order to achieve “sufficient analgesia due to additive or synergistic effects between different analgesics, with concomitant reduction of side effects.”1 Through the past 20 years, many patients have benefitted from practical implementation of this concept. By modulating multiple receptor-ligand systems involved in the transduction and sensation of pain, we have also appreciated the ability for certain agents to reduce acute postoperative pain and, therefore, reduce the incidence of persistent postsurgical pain. Several individual medications have been identified, although precise dosage, timing, and route of administration have yet to be completely understood. Additionally, there are techniques available, which if used in the perioperative phase, may prevent development of chronic pain after surgery. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141738410 ER -