Practical recommendations for the management of the patient with chronic pain during the pandemic of COVID-19.

SARS-CoV-2 infection has evolved into a pandemic and a Public Health Emergency of International Importance that has forced health organizations at the global, regional and local levels to adopt a series of measures to address to COVID-19 and try to reduce its impact, not only in the social sphere but also in the health sphere, modifying the guidelines for action in the health services. Within these recommendations that include the Pain Treatment Units, patients with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection may be waiting for medical consult or interventional procedures for the management of chronic pain refractory to other therapies. A series of guidelines aimed at reducing the risk of infection of health personnel, other patients and the community are included in this manuscript.

Practical recommendations for the management of the patient with chronic pain during the pandemic of COVID-19. / Recomendaciones prácticas para el manejo del paciente con dolor crónico durante la pandemia de COVID-19.

SARS-CoV-2 infection has evolved into a pandemic and a Public Health Emergency of International Importance that has forced health organizations at the global, regional and local levels to adopt a series of measures to address to COVID-19 and try to reduce its impact, not only in the social sphere but also in the health sphere, modifying the guidelines for action in the health services. Within these recommendations that include the Pain Treatment Units, patients with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection may be waiting for medical consult or interventional procedures for the management of chronic pain refractory to other therapies. A series of guidelines aimed at reducing the risk of infection of health personnel, other patients and the community are included in this manuscript.

Inyección de fibrina epidural como tratamiento conservador de la fuga persistente de líquido cefalorraquídeo tras cateterización intratecal / No disponible

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[Postoperative pain management for patients who are long-term users of opioid]. / Manejo perioperatorio del dolor en el paciente en tratamiento crónico con opiáceos.

Pain is one of the most common reasons for seeking medical care and the frequency of prescription of opioid analgesics by both primary care physicians and specialists has increased. It is therefore unsurprising that many patients with chronic pain who must undergo scheduled or emergency surgery will be on long-term medication, including opioids. Managing postoperative pain, even with high doses of drugs, seems to be more difficult in regular users of such analgesics, possibly because of an apparent association of opioid use with increased tolerance and hyperalgesia. Postoperative pain relief should be carefully tailored in these cases by means of a management plan worked out along with the patient. Adjuvants may be particularly useful; the most thoroughly studied adjuvants are nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and ketamine. Regional anesthesia offers a particularly attractive approach when long-term users of opioids must undergo surgery.

Manejo perioperatorio del dolor en el paciente en tratamiento crónico con opiáceos / Postoperative pain management for patients who are long-term users of opioid

El dolor representa uno de los motivos más frecuentes de demanda de atención médica entre la población. Se ha producido un notable incremento en la prescripción de opiáceos tanto por parte de los médicos de atención primaria como por parte de los especialistas en el tratamiento del dolor. No es de extrañar pues que muchos de los pacientes que se nos presentan a día de hoy para cirugía electiva o de urgencia estén en tratamiento por dolor crónico y entre los fármacos que toman se encuentren los opiáceos. El manejo del dolor postoperatorio parece ser más difícil en los pacientes consumidores crónicos, incluso cuando las dosis de los mismos no son muy altas. La explicación a estos fenómenos parece encontrarse en los fenómenos de tolerancia e hiperalgesia inducida por opioides. El manejo perioperatorio del dolor en los pacientes consumidores crónicos de opiáceos debe hacerse de manera individualizada y cuidadosa. Por ello es recomendable, conjuntamente con el paciente, crear un plan para el manejo perioperatorio del dolor antes de la cirugía. En este grupo de pacientes el uso de adyuvantes juega un papel especialmente útil. Entre los de tipo farmacológico los más investigados son los AINEs y la ketamina. Las técnicas de anestesia regional son una elección especialmente atractiva en el paciente que consume opiáceos de manera crónica(AU)

Pain is one of the most common reasons for seeking medical care and the frequency of prescription of opioid analgesics by both primary care physicians and specialists has increased. It is therefore unsurprising that many patients with chronic pain who must undergo scheduled or emergency surgery will be on long-term medication, including opioids. Managing postoperative pain, even with high doses of drugs, seems to be more difficult in regular users of such analgesics, possibly because of an apparent association of opioid use with increased tolerance and hyperalgesia. Postoperative pain relief should be carefully tailored in these cases by means of a management plan worked out along with the patient. Adjuvants may be particularly useful; the most thoroughly studied adjuvants are nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and ketamine. Regional anesthesia offers a particularly attractive approach when long-term users of opioids must undergo surgery(AU)

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Ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block for spinal infusion and neurostimulation implantation in two patients with chronic pain.

OBJECTIVE: This case report describes an ultrasound approach to the transversus abdominis plane (TAP) local anesthetic block. This block induces sensory blockade in the lower half of the abdomen where the pulse generator or the infusion pump is to be housed in a subcutaneous pocket, and therefore provides an alternate to general anesthesia or administration of high-dose local anesthetics. CASE REPORT: We report two cases of neuromodulation procedures-implantation of an internal morphine pump for severe somatic pain refractory to other therapies and placement of a double-stimulator generator for dorsal column stimulation in a patient diagnosed with postoperative failed-back syndrome. We successfully used ultrasound-guided TAP block to achieve ipsilateral sensory block of dermatomes T9-L1 in the context of a monitored anesthesia care multimodal approach. CONCLUSION: TAP block can be a potentially useful substitute to general anesthesia or local anesthesia for the pocket formation in neuromodulation techniques, and it provides adequate anesthesia of the abdominal wall. This block is potentially an important addition to the monitored anesthesia care protocol.

[Complications after regional anesthesia]. / Complicaciones tras técnicas de anestesia regional.

In recent years, there has been a considerable increase in the number of procedures carried out under regional anesthesia. The techniques used can be associated with a number of complications, which should be understood so that they can be recognized and managed appropriately. The overall incidence of reported complications associated with these techniques is low and therefore, with currently available data, we can only have an approximate idea of their incidence. The objective of this study is to systematically describe the complications that may arise from the use of neuraxial and peripheral regional anesthesia techniques.

Complicaciones tras técnicas de anestesia regional / Complications after regional anesthesia

En los últimos años se ha producido un incrementoconsiderable del número de procedimientos llevados acabo con técnicas de anestesia regional. Dichas técnicaspueden llevar asociadas una serie de complicacionescuyo conocimiento es importante para la identificación ycorrecto manejo de las mismas. La incidencia global decomplicaciones asociadas a la realización de dichas técnicases baja y por ello, y con los datos de que disponemosen la actualidad, sólo podemos aproximar su incidenciaexacta.En el presente trabajo se pretende ordenar esquemáticamentey describir las posibles complicaciones que sederivan de la realización de técnicas regionales tantoneuroaxiales como periféricas (AU)

In recent years, there has been a considerableincrease in the number of procedures carried out underregional anesthesia. The techniques used can beassociated with a number of complications, which shouldbe understood so that they can be recognized andmanaged appropriately. The overall incidence ofreported complications associated with these techniquesis low and therefore, with currently available data, wecan only have an approximate idea of their incidence.The objective of this study is to systematically describethe complications that may arise from the use ofneuraxial and peripheral regional anesthesia techniques (AU)