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Heitkamp H, Heußner D, Rosenberger DC, Schnabel K, Rosenthal D, Bigalke S, Maeßen TV, Hohenschurz-Schmidt D, Liedgens H, Kaiser U, Pogatzki-Zahn EM. Systematic reviews and quality assessment of patient-reported outcome measures for physical function in comparative effectiveness studies regarding acute postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty-Do we need to start all over again? Eur J Pain 2024. [PMID: 38623029 DOI: 10.1002/ejp.2272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Revised: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/24/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Recently, a consensus process specified a core outcome set (COS) of domains to be assessed in each comparative effectiveness research and clinical practice related to acute postoperative pain. Physical function (PF) was one of these domains. The aim of this review was to investigate which patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are used to assess PF after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in clinical trials and if they fulfil basic requirements for a COS of PROMs based on their psychometric properties. METHODS A systematic review of randomized controlled trials and observational studies based on a search in MEDLINE, EMBASE and CENTRAL was undertaken. PROMs and performance measures were extracted and investigated, including evaluation of psychometric properties of PROMs based on COSMIN recommendations. RESULTS From initially 2896 identified records, 479 studies were included in the qualitative synthesis. Only 87 of these trials (18%) assessed PF using PROMs, whereas especially performance outcome measures were used in 470 studies (98%). Application of the 'COSMIN Risk-of-Bias-Box 1' to 13 of the 14 identified PROMs resulted in insufficient content validity of the included PROMs regarding the target population based on the inauguration or development articles. CONCLUSION Our data indicate that a patient-centred postoperative assessment of PF in pain-related clinical trials early after TKA is not common, even though patient-reported assessment is widely recommended. In addition, none of the applied PROMs shows content validity based on their inauguration or development articles for the assessment of postoperative pain-related PF after TKA. SIGNIFICANCE A systematic search for patient-reported outcome measures assessing postoperative, pain-related physical function after total knee arthroplasty in clinical trials and assessment of their content validity revealed none that fulfilled requirements based on COSMIN recommendations.
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- H Heitkamp
- Clinic for Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Clinic for Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Clinic for Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Clinic for Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Clinic for Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Clinic for Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Clinic for Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Pain Research Group, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Research Department, University College of Osteopathy, London, UK
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- Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Campus Lübeck, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
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- Clinic for Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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Pradier B, Segelcke D, Reichl S, Zahn PK, Pogatzki-Zahn EM. Spinal GABA transporter 1 contributes to evoked-pain related behavior but not resting pain after incision injury. Front Mol Neurosci 2023; 16:1282151. [PMID: 38130683 PMCID: PMC10734427 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2023.1282151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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The inhibitory function of GABA at the spinal level and its central modulation in the brain are essential for pain perception. However, in post-surgical pain, the exact mechanism and modes of action of GABAergic transmission have been poorly studied. This work aimed to investigate GABA synthesis and uptake in the incisional pain model in a time-dependent manner. Here, we combined assays for mechanical and heat stimuli-induced withdrawal reflexes with video-based assessments and assays for non-evoked (NEP, guarding of affected hind paw) and movement-evoked (MEP, gait pattern) pain-related behaviors in a plantar incision model in male rats to phenotype the effects of the inhibition of the GABA transporter (GAT-1), using a specific antagonist (NO711). Further, we determined the expression profile of spinal dorsal horn GAT-1 and glutamate decarboxylase 65/67 (GAD65/67) by protein expression analyses at four time points post-incision. Four hours after incision, we detected an evoked pain phenotype (mechanical, heat and movement), which transiently ameliorated dose-dependently following spinal inhibition of GAT-1. However, the NEP-phenotype was not affected. Four hours after incision, GAT-1 expression was significantly increased, whereas GAD67 expression was significantly reduced. Our data suggest that GAT-1 plays a role in balancing spinal GABAergic signaling in the spinal dorsal horn shortly after incision, resulting in the evoked pain phenotype. Increased GAT-1 expression leads to increased GABA uptake from the synaptic cleft and reduces tonic GABAergic inhibition at the post-synapse. Inhibition of GAT-1 transiently reversed this imbalance and ameliorated the evoked pain phenotype.
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- Bruno Pradier
- Department of Anesthesiology, Operative Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Operative Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Operative Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Operative Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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Vollert J, Trewartha N, Kemkowski D, Cremer AF, Zahn P, Segelcke D, Pogatzki-Zahn EM. Conditioned pain modulation and offset analgesia: Influence of sex, sex hormone levels and menstrual cycle on the magnitude and retest reliability in healthy participants. Eur J Pain 2022; 26:1938-1949. [PMID: 35856832 DOI: 10.1002/ejp.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Conditioned Pain Modulation (CPM) and offset analgesia quantify impairment of endogenous pain modulation, but magnitude and reliability vary broadly between studies, indicating influencing factors that are not currently controlled for. The aim of this study was to quantify magnitude and retest reliability of CPM and offset analgesia in healthy participants, whilst investigating the influence of sex and sex hormone levels. METHODS 62 participants (30 female) completed the study. We tested CPM (heat-cold paradigm) and offset analgesia on six days within two menstrual cycles (tests were performed in each phase of two subsequent menstrual cycles, with similar time-points for men). RESULTS Median offset effect was -29.4% in female and -22.5% in male participants (as change from initial stimulus). Median early CPM effects were -16.7% for women versus -13.3% for men. Reliability (intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC)) was similar between the main measures, offset effect (female: 0.48, male: 0.47) and early CPM effect (female: 0.49, male: 0.43). There was significant variance between individual experimental parameters within protocols but not between sexes or menstrual phases. While oestradiol and progesterone did not correlate with the magnitude of effect within sexes, we found that testosterone levels explained an estimated 5-10% of variance within individual responses in all sexes. CONCLUSIONS Our results show that the reliability of both CPM effect and offset analgesia were independent of sex and menstrual cycle phase. The magnitude of CPM and offset effects were weakly influenced by sex and testosterone levels, indicating an area for future research, rather than clinical significance. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT This study investigated CPM and offset analgesia in parallel, across sexes and during two menstrual cycles while assessing the impact of sex hormones. Reliability seems to depend on experimental parameters rather than participant characteristics, while the magnitude of effect could be weakly linked to sex hormones and sex.
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- J Vollert
- Pain Research, MSk Lab, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.,Division of Neurological Pain Research and Therapy, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany.,Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Münster.,Neurophysiology, Mannheim Center of Translational Neuroscience (MCTN), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Münster
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Münster
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Münster
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- Clinic for Anaesthesiology, Intensive and Pain Medicine, Ruhr-University Bochum, BG-University Hospital Bergmannsheil gGmbH, Bürkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1, 44789, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Münster
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Münster
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Maeßen TV, Austenfeld E, Kaiser U, Bigalke S, Meyer-Frießem CH, Liedgens H, Zahn PK, Pogatzki-Zahn EM. Systematic Review on Pain-Related Outcome Domains After Sternotomy: A First Step Toward the Development of a Core Outcome Set. Value Health 2021; 24:1203-1212. [PMID: 34372986 DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2021.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Revised: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Pain after surgery has a major impact on acute and long-term recovery and quality of life, but its management is often insufficient. To enhance the quality of research and to allow for better comparability between studies, it is important to harmonize outcomes for assessing the efficacy and effectiveness of pain management interventions after surgery. As a first step in developing a core outcome set, this study aimed to systematically search for outcome domains assessed in research regarding acute pain management after sternotomy as an example of a typically painful surgical procedure. METHODS A systematic literature review was performed using MEDLINE, Embase, and CENTRAL. Eligibility criteria consisted of randomized controlled trials and observational trials targeting pain management after sternotomy in adults in the acute postoperative setting (≤2 weeks). After duplicate removal and title and abstract screening by 2 independent reviewers, study characteristics and outcome domains were identified, which were extracted from full texts and summarized qualitatively. RESULTS Of 1350 studies retrieved by database searching, 156 studies were included for full-text extraction. A total of 80 different outcome domains were identified: pain intensity, analgesic consumption, physiological function, and adverse events were the most frequent ones. Outcome domains were often not explicitly reported, and the combination of domains and assessment tools was heterogeneous. The choice of outcomes is commonly made within clinicians; patients' perspectives are not considered. CONCLUSIONS The wide variety of commonly applied outcome domains, the nonexplicit wording, and the heterogeneous combination of the domains indicating treatment benefit demonstrate the need for harmonization of outcomes assessing perioperative pain management after surgery.
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- T V Maeßen
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Comprehensive Pain Center at the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany; Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Management, Medical Faculty of Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Management, Medical Faculty of Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Management, Medical Faculty of Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany.
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Boche R, Pogatzki-Zahn EM. Schmerzerfassung und postoperative Schmerzbehandlung. Z Herz- Thorax- Gefäßchir 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s00398-017-0183-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Schweizer LM, Zahn PK, Pogatzki-Zahn EM, Magerl W, Tegenthoff M, Meyer-Frießem CH. Influence of transcutaneous spinal stimulation on human LTP-like pain amplification. A randomized, double-blind study in volunteers. Clin Neurophysiol 2017; 128:1413-1420. [PMID: 28618292 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2017.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2016] [Revised: 04/30/2017] [Accepted: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation (tsDCS) has been proven to affect nociceptive signal processing. We designed a randomized, double-blind, cross-over study to investigate whether tsDCS applied before or after inducing long-term potentiation-(LTP)-like hyperalgesia may decrease nociceptive sensitivity. METHODS In healthy volunteers, tsDCS (2.5mA, 15min) was applied to the thoracic spine prior (n=14) or immediately following (n=12) electrical high-frequency stimulation (HFS) to the thigh, inducing hyperalgesia. Mechanical and electrical perception were assessed before HFS stimulation and at three time points following HFS stimulation (all within 90min of HFS). Subjects took part in three separate sessions to test effects of anodal, cathodal, or sham tsDCS. RESULTS Within 60minHFS led to unilateral changes on the conditioned side: mechanical pain thresholds tended to decrease and electrical detection thresholds significantly decreased (p<0.001); pain ratings measured using the numerical rating scale (NRS) increased for electrical stimuli (p<0.01) and two categories of mechanical stimuli ("Light(8-64mN)": p=ns; "Heavy(128-512mN)": p<0.01). Irrespective of stimulation order or polarity, tsDCS could not influence nociceptive sensitivity. CONCLUSION Hyperalgesia was adequately induced, but tsDCS had no effect on HFS-induced sensitization. SIGNIFICANCE While tsDCS has been shown to affect pain measures, our results suggest irrespective of time of stimulation or polarity that tsDCS may be less effective in modulating pain in a sensitized state in healthy subjects.
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- L M Schweizer
- Department of Neurology, Ruhr-University Bochum, BG-Kliniken Bergmannsheil, Bürkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Palliative Care Medicine and Pain Management, Medical Faculty of Ruhr-University, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil GmbH Bochum, Bürkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital of Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1 (Building A1), 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Center of Biomedicine and Medical Technology (CBTM), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Ludolf-Krehl-Str. 13, 68167 Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Ruhr-University Bochum, BG-Kliniken Bergmannsheil, Bürkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Palliative Care Medicine and Pain Management, Medical Faculty of Ruhr-University, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil GmbH Bochum, Bürkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1, 44789 Bochum, Germany.
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Cultural setting and sex and gender of the patient are important factors affecting the occurrence, severity, clinical course and prognosis of pain and pain-related diseases. Intercultural differences in the perception and verbal expression of symptoms and emotional function are fundamental and it is important to realize these differences in order to understand patients with a migration background. A trusting doctor-patient relationship is generally very sensitive and it is even more difficult to establish when differences in the cultural background impair mutual understanding. Regarding sex and gender there is evidence that females are more susceptible to developing chronic pain conditions, experience more severe pain and respond differently to pain therapy; however, results of recent studies indicate that females are not that different to males when comparing several modalities of experimental pain (although some differences exist). Similarly, sex and gender differences in postoperative pain seem to exist but the differences are relatively small when pain scores are compared. Other aspects, such as the response to analgesics and role of psychosocial factors should be addressed when sex and gender aspects are studied. Similarly, sex and gender differences in the prevalence of chronic pain exist but the results of some studies, e.g. those controlling for confounders, are not very clear. Research is needed to delineate the role of specific aspects affecting sex and gender differences and the underlying mechanisms (e.g. reduced inhibitory control, hormones, psychological aspects and social factors). Altogether, we need to open our minds to some intercultural and sex and gender aspects in the clinical setting. For sex and gender differences we may need a more biopsychosocial approach to understand the underlying differences and differentiate between sex and gender and sex and gender-associated aspects for acute and chronic pain.
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- M Schiltenwolf
- Klinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Zentrum für Orthopädie, Unfallchirurgie und Paraplegiologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Schlierbacher Landstr. 200a, 69118, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin, Münster, Deutschland
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A great deal of progress has been made in the field of postoperative pain therapy in the last 20 years. Beginning from clinical trials on the effectiveness of individual procedures, such as epidural anesthesia and patient-controlled analgesia, a wide range of healthcare services research as well as basic research with human and animal experiments has been established. Whereas health services research in the 1980s and 1990s focused more on the implementation of acute pain services, outcome-oriented research approaches are nowadays the center of attention. Acute pain registries and pain certification projects initiated in Germany have to be mentioned particularly in this respect. Basic research papers from recent years increasingly address specific aspects of acute postoperative pain and have provided translational approaches that are applied around the world for studying neurobiological mechanisms of postoperative pain. At the same time, interdisciplinary cooperation in research projects has led to a better understanding of complex correlations regarding predictors and mechanisms (including psychosocial aspects) of acute and in recent times also chronic pain after surgery. In parallel, evidence-based medicine has found its way into acute pain medicine in Germany. In 2007, clinical acute pain therapy in Germany was enhanced by S3 level guidelines for the first time; however, the implementation is still incomplete. In future, questions concerning mechanism-based therapy of acute pain need to be equally in the center of attention of research, such as prevention of persisting pain after surgery and acute pain of different origins.
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- E M Pogatzki-Zahn
- Klinik für Anästhesiologie, operative Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude A1, 48149, Münster, Deutschland.
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- Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Sektion Schmerztherapie, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Deutschland
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Schwarze C, Zenz D, Orlowski O, Wempe C, Van Aken H, Zahn P, Maier C, Pogatzki-Zahn EM. [Survey of pain after ambulatory surgery: An internet-based instrument]. Schmerz 2015; 30:141-51. [PMID: 26541856 DOI: 10.1007/s00482-015-0071-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Pain after surgery continues to be undermanaged. Studies and initiatives aiming to improve the management of postoperative pain are growing; however, most studies focus on inpatients and pain on the first day after surgery. The management of postoperative pain after ambulatory surgery and for several days thereafter is not yet a major focus. One reason is the low return rate of the questionnaires in the ambulatory sector. This article reports the development and feasibility of a web-based electronic data collection system to examine pain and pain-related outcome on predefined postoperative days after ambulatory surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this prospective pilot study 127 patients scheduled for ambulatory surgery were asked to participate in a survey to evaluate aspects related to pain after ambulatory surgery. The data survey was divided in (1) a preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative part and (2) a postoperative internet-based electronic questionnaire which was sent via e-mail link to the patient on days 1, 3 and 7 after surgery. A software was developed using a PHP-based platform to send e-mails and retrieve the data after web-based entries via a local browser. Feasibility, internet-based hitches and compliance were assessed by an additional telephone call after day 7. RESULTS A total of 100 patients (50 female) between 18 and 71 years (mean 39.1 ± 12.7 years) were included in the pilot study. Return rates of the electronic questionnaires were 86% (days 3 and 7) and 91% (day 1 after surgery). All 3 electronic questionnaires were answered by 82% of patients. Aspects influencing the return rate of questionnaires were work status but not age, gender, education level and preoperative pain. Telephone interviews were performed with 81 patients and revealed high operability of the internet-based survey without any major problems. CONCLUSION The user-friendly feasibility and operability of this internet-based electronic data survey system explain the high compliance and return rate of electronic questionnaires by patients at home after ambulatory surgery. This survey tool therefore provides unique opportunities to evaluate and improve postoperative pain management after ambulatory surgery.
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- C Schwarze
- Klinik für Anästhesiologie, operative Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude A1, 48149, Münster, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Anästhesiologie, operative Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude A1, 48149, Münster, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Anästhesiologie, operative Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude A1, 48149, Münster, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Anästhesiologie, operative Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude A1, 48149, Münster, Deutschland
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- Abteilung für Schmerzmedizin, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil, Bochum, Deutschland
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- Abteilung für Schmerzmedizin, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil, Bochum, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Anästhesiologie, operative Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude A1, 48149, Münster, Deutschland.
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Azad SC, Pogatzki-Zahn EM, Radbruch L, Schaible HG. [Pain medicine yesterday, today, tomorrow: 40 years of the Deutsche Schmerzgesellschaft]. Schmerz 2015; 29:466-8. [PMID: 26351126 DOI: 10.1007/s00482-015-0056-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- S C Azad
- Interdisziplinäre Schmerzambulanz und Tagesklinik, Klinik für Anaesthesiologie, Klinikum der Universität München, München, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Münster, Deutschland
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Palliativmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Bonn, Deutschland
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- Institut für Physiologie 1/Neurophysiologie, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Teichgraben 8, 07743, Jena, Deutschland.
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van den Heuvel I, Reichl S, Segelcke D, Zahn PK, Pogatzki-Zahn EM. Selective prevention of mechanical hyperalgesia after incision by spinal ERK1/2 inhibition. Eur J Pain 2014; 19:225-35. [PMID: 24976579 DOI: 10.1002/ejp.540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK1/2) has been shown to play an important role in several pain states. Here we investigated the ERK1/2 contribution to non-evoked and evoked pain-like behaviour in rats after surgical incision. METHODS Spinal phosphorylation of ERK1 and ERK2 was assessed 15 min, 4 h, 24 h and 5 days after plantar incision and sham incision. The effect of PD98059, a specific inhibitor of ERK1/2 activation, administered intrathecally (IT) 1 h before or 2 h after incision on spinal ERK1 and ERK2 phosphorylation was assessed. In behavioural experiments, the effect of PD98059 administered 1 h before or after incision on non-evoked pain behaviour and mechanical and heat hyperalgesia was assessed. RESULTS Phosphorylated ERK1 and ERK2 were rapidly increased in the ipsilateral dorsal horn from rats after incision post-operatively. This increased ERK1 and ERK2 phosphorylation were blocked by PD98059 administered before incision. In congruence, IT administration of PD98059 before incision delayed mechanical hyperalgesia after incision; however, administration after incision had only a modest effect on mechanical hyperalgesia. In addition, PD98059 did not affect non-evoked pain behaviour or heat hyperalgesia after incision. CONCLUSION The results suggest that spinal ERK1 and ERK2 are involved in regulation of pain after incision differentially with regard to the pain modality. Furthermore, blockade of ERK1/2 activation was most effective in a preventive manner, a condition which is rare after incision. Spinal ERK1/2 inhibition could therefore be a very useful tool to manage selectively movement-evoked pain after surgery in the future.
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- I van den Heuvel
- Department of General Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital Muenster, Germany
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Schnabel A, Poepping DM, Kranke P, Zahn PK, Pogatzki-Zahn EM. Efficacy and adverse effects of ketamine as an additive for paediatric caudal anaesthesia: a quantitative systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Br J Anaesth 2011; 107:601-11. [PMID: 21846679 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The aim of this quantitative systematic review was to assess the efficacy and adverse effects of ketamine added to caudal local anaesthetics in comparison with local anaesthetics alone in children undergoing urological, lower abdominal, or lower limb surgery. METHODS The systematic search, data extraction, critical appraisal, and pooled data analysis were performed according to the PRISMA statement. All randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were included in this meta-analysis and relative risk (RR), mean difference (MD), and the corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using the Revman(®) statistical software for dichotomous and continuous outcomes. RESULTS Thirteen RCTs (published between 1991 and 2008) including 584 patients met the inclusion criteria. There was a significant longer time to first analgesic requirements in patients receiving ketamine in addition to a local anaesthetic compared with a local anaesthetic alone (MD: 5.60 h; 95% CI: 5.45-5.76; P<0.00001). There was a lower RR for the need of rescue analgesia in children receiving a caudal regional anaesthesia with ketamine in addition to local anaesthetics (RR: 0.71; 95% CI: 0.44-1.15; P=0.16). CONCLUSIONS Caudally administered ketamine, in addition to a local anaesthetic, provides prolonged postoperative analgesia with few adverse effects compared with local anaesthetics alone. There is a clear benefit of caudal ketamine, but the uncertainties about neurotoxicity relating to the dose of ketamine, single vs repeated doses and the child's age, still need to be clarified for use in clinical practice.
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- A Schnabel
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 33, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Pöpping DM, Zahn PK, Van Aken HK, Dasch B, Boche R, Pogatzki-Zahn EM. Effectiveness and safety of postoperative pain management: a survey of 18 925 consecutive patients between 1998 and 2006 (2nd revision): a database analysis of prospectively raised data. Br J Anaesth 2008; 101:832-40. [PMID: 18945716 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aen300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 262] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Approximately 30-80% of postoperative patients complain about moderate to severe post-surgical pain, indicating that postoperative pain treatment is still a problem. METHODS We analysed prospectively collected data on patients in a university hospital receiving systemic and epidural patient-controlled analgesia and continuous peripheral nerve block (CPNB) documented by the acute pain service team in a computer-based system. RESULTS Of 18 925 patients visited in the postoperative period between 1998 and 2006, 14 223 patients received patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA), 1591 i.v. patient-controlled analgesia (IV-PCA), 1737 continuous brachial plexus block, and 1374 continuous femoral/sciatic nerve block. Mean dynamic and resting pain scores (VAS 0-100) were significantly lower for peripheral or neuroaxial regional analgesia compared with patient-controlled systemic opioid analgesia (P<0.05). The risk of a symptomatic spinal mass lesion including epidural haematoma (0.02%; 1:4741) or epidural abscess (0.014%; 1:7142) after PCEA was 1:2857 (0.04%). Neurological complications after CPNB occurred in two patients who received interscalene brachial plexus block. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrated that PCEA, IV-PCA, and CPNB are safe and efficient. Although all of these treatment strategies provide effective analgesia, PCEA and CPNB provided superior pain relief compared with IV-PCA. We demonstrated that serious complications of analgesic techniques are rare but possibly disastrous necessitating a close supervision by an acute pain service. We found a low rate of adverse effects including hypotension and motor impairment and a low incidence of epidural haematoma for thoracic PCEA compared with lumbar PCEA.
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- D M Pöpping
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany.
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Pfleiderer B, Wagner C, Pogatzki-Zahn EM, Zahn P, Heindel Q. Einfluss der unterschiedlichen Schmerzempfindlichkeit auf kortikale Aktivierung – eine Schmerz-fMRT Studie in Männern. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-977154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Zahn PK, Wenk MJS, Pogatzki-Zahn EM, Busse H, Van Aken H. Postoperative blindness--a rare but devastating complication. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2006; 24:96-7. [PMID: 17105673 DOI: 10.1017/s0265021506001943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Pogatzki-Zahn EM, Niemeier JS, Sorkin LS, Brennan TJ. Spinale Glutamatrezeptorantagonisten: Differenzierung von primärer und sekundärer mechanischer Hyperalgesie nach operativer Schnittinzision im Tierexperiment. Schmerz 2006; 20:245-53. [PMID: 16763860 DOI: 10.1007/s00482-006-0481-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Secondary mechanical hyperalgesia has been demonstrated in postoperative patients indicating that central sensitization occurs after surgery. However, the underlying mechanisms are unknown. Here, we studied the role of spinal AMPA/kainate receptors for pain behaviors indicating secondary hyperalgesia caused by gastrocnemius incision in the rat. These were reduced by NBQX, a selective antagonist of AMPA/kainate receptors. However, administration of NMDA receptor antagonists caused no or only a modest decrease in behaviors for secondary hyperalgesia but produced associated motor deficits and supraspinal side effects. We further determined that only secondary mechanical hyperalgesia was reversed by JSTX, a selective antagonist of calcium-permeable AMPA receptor; primary mechanical hyperalgesia and guarding behavior were unchanged. These findings indicate that JSTX influenced a spinal amplification process that leads to secondary hyperalgesia but does not contribute to primary hyperalgesia and guarding after incision. This amplification process likely requires Ca(2) influx through spinal AMPA/KA (but not NMDA) receptors. Behaviors for secondary mechanical hyperalgesia after incision can be inhibited without affecting primary mechanical hyperalgesia and guarding. Mechanisms for central sensitization causing secondary hyperalgesia in postoperative patients may therefore be separated from spontaneous pain and hyperalgesia that arises adjacent to the area of the incision.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Calcium/metabolism
- Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/pharmacology
- Hyperalgesia/physiopathology
- Male
- Mechanoreceptors/drug effects
- Mechanoreceptors/physiopathology
- Muscle, Skeletal/innervation
- Muscle, Skeletal/surgery
- Neurotoxins/pharmacology
- Pain Threshold/drug effects
- Pain Threshold/physiology
- Pain, Postoperative/physiopathology
- Quinoxalines/pharmacology
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, AMPA/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, AMPA/physiology
- Receptors, Glutamate/drug effects
- Receptors, Glutamate/physiology
- Receptors, Kainic Acid/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Kainic Acid/physiology
- Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/physiology
- Spider Venoms/pharmacology
- Spinal Cord/drug effects
- Spinal Cord/physiopathology
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- E M Pogatzki-Zahn
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, 48129 Münster.
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Pfleiderer B, Wagner C, Zahn PK, Heindel W, Pogatzki-Zahn EM. Aktivierungsmuster nach Inzisionsschmerz - eine fMRT-Studie in gesunden Probanden. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2005. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-867626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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