Open AccessPerioperative Management of Patients with an Intrathecal Drug Delivery System for Chronic Pain
Author(s) -
Jay S. Grider,
Raeford E. Brown,
George W. Colclough
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0b013e318181b818
Subject(s) - medicine , intrathecal , perioperative , analgesic , chronic pain , anesthesia , drug , drug delivery , anesthetic , incidence (geometry) , pain management , surgery , pharmacology , physical therapy , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , optics
The use of intrathecal medications in the treatment of chronic pain is becoming more commonplace. As such, the incidence of encountering patients receiving therapy via an intrathecal drug delivery system in the perioperative period will also increase. In this case series, we discuss anesthetic management and postoperative analgesic issues in three patients with indwelling intrathecal drug delivery systems placed for treatment of chronic pain.