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SUBMITTER: Doleman B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6517298 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Doleman Brett B Leonardi-Bee Jo J Heinink Thomas P TP Bhattacharjee Debamita D Lund Jon N JN Williams John P JP
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20181203
<h4>Background</h4>Postoperative pain is a common consequence of surgery and can have deleterious effects. It has been suggested that the administration of opioid analgesia before a painful stimulus may improve pain control. This can be done in two ways. We defined 'preventive opioids' as opioids administered before incision and continued postoperatively, and 'pre-emptive opioids' as opioids given before incision but not continued postoperatively. Both pre-emptive and preventive analgesia involv ...[more]