Postanesthesia Care and Pain Management — Anesthesiology

Anesthesiology · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

El período postanestésico concentra el mayor riesgo de complicaciones potencialmente mortales del perioperatorio. El manejo analgésico multimodal, la vigilancia en la URPA y el tratamiento del dolor agudo y crónico postquirúrgico constituyen competencias centrales de la anestesiología moderna.

What it covers

1. Post Anesthesia Recovery Unit
2. · Admission and Organization Criteria of the URPA
3. · Modified Aldrete Score: URPA Discharge Criteria
4. Postanesthetic Complications
5. · Respiratory Complications: the most frequent and serious
6. · Cardiovascular Complications
7. · Neurological and Metabolic Complications
8. Acute Postoperative Pain
9. · Pathophysiology of Postoperative Pain
10. · Pain Assessment: Scales and Instruments
11. Multimodal Analgesia
12. · The Concept of Preventive Analgesia (Preemptive Analgesia)
13. · Components of Multimodal Analgesia: Mechanisms and Drugs
14. Opioids in the Postoperative Period
15. · Pharmacokinetics and Postoperative Opioid Profiles
16. Postoperative Regional Analgesia
17. · Postoperative Epidural Analgesia: the Gold Standard for Major Surgery
18. · Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Nerve Blocks
19. Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV)
20. · Risk Factors and Apfel Score
21. Considerations in Special Populations
22. · Elderly Patient: pharmacokinetic and functional adjustments
23. · Morbidly Obese Patient (BMI ≥40 kg/m²)
24. · Pediatric Patient: post-anesthetic particularities
25. · Patient with Opioid Tolerance / Previous Chronic Pain
26. Chronic Post-Surgical Pain (CPPS)
27. · Epidemiology and High Risk Surgeries
28. Acute Pain Units (APS) and Chronic Pain Management
29. · WHO Analgesic Ladder and Post-Surgical Adaptation
30. Postanesthetic Reference Master Table