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January 1, 1989Regional Anesthesia The Journal of Neural Blockade in Obstetrics Surgery & Pain ControlOpen Access

The Changing Role of the Anesthesiologist in Pain Management

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Key result

Nerve blocks offer limited value for chronic pain and should target acute, postoperative, and cancer pain.

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HCHarold Carron

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Overview

May warrant caution with nerve blocks in chronic pain; leaves open optimal strategies pending higher-level evidence.

PICO

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Population
Chronic pain
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Intervention / Comparator
Nerve blocks

Suggests anesthesiologists should shift focus from nerve blocks for chronic pain to managing acute, postoperative, and cancer pain.

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Harold Carron (1989) conducted a review in Chronic pain. Nerve blocks was evaluated. Evidence suggests anesthesiologists should reconsider the value of nerve blocks for chronic pain and direct their efforts toward the management of acute, postoperative, and cancer pain.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa67a9dbc2c7db7488e63f0https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-00115550-198914010-00003
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