Preemptive analgesia means that an analgesic intervention is started before the noxious
stimulus arises in order to block peripheral and central nociception. This afferent blockade of …

IMPLICATIONS: This meta-analysis assesses the ability of preemptive analgesic
interventions to attenuate postoperative pain scores, decrease supplemental postoperative …

Pain can play an important role at the social and psychological level; hence one of the major
goals of anaesthesia is to control and reduce the incidence of postoperative pain. The use of …

Pain from surgical procedures occurs as a consequence of tissue trauma and may result in
physical, cognitive, and emotional discomfort. Almost a century ago, researchers first …

Pain, which is often inadequately treated, accompanies the more than 23 million surgical
procedures performed each year and may persist long after tissue heals. Preemptive …

Although some studies of pre-emptive analgesia have reported small reductions in post-
operative pain or analgesic consumption in favour of pre-incisional vs. post-incisional or …

Transmission of pain signals evoked by tissue damage leads to sensitization of the
peripheral and central pain pathways. Pre-emptive analgesia is a treatment that is initiated …

The management of postoperative pain has been greatly informed by an increasing
understanding of the basic science of pain transmission. The idea that analgesia given …

The classic definition of preemptive analgesia requires 2 groups of patients to receive
identical treatment before or after incision or surgery. The only difference between the 2 …

Preemptive analgesia is an antinociceptive treatment that prevents the establishment of
altered central processing, which amplifies postoperative pain. The altered sensory …