Patricia Lavand'homme - Research clinician (IONS/CEMO)




Anaesthesiologist and pain specialist at the Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc. Head of the Transitional Pain Clinic. Her team studies acute postoperative pain mechanisms and management as well as the prevention of persistent pain after surgery. Member of various scientific societies, past-Chairperson of the Acute and Chronic Pain Scientific Committee of the European Society of Anesthesiology. Involved in the IASP Task Force mandated by the WHO to develop a new pragmatic classification of chronic pain (including chronic post-surgical and post-traumatic pain) to be included in the revised version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD11). Currently collaborates to several international studies supported by European grants.



Publications
2024
A critical approach to research on perioperative pain management
Br J Anaesth
Joshi GP, Beloeil H, Lobo DN, Pogatzki-Zahn EM, Sauter AR, Van de Velde M, Wu CL, Kehlet H; PROSPECT Working Group of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy
134(3):621-626.
2024
Mortality, perioperative complications and surgical timelines in hip fracture patients: Comparison of the Spanish with the non-Spanish Cohort of the HIP ATTACK-1 trial
Injury
Guerra-Farfan E, Borges FK, Bhandari M, Garcia-Sanchez Y, Nuñez JH, Mestre-Torres J, Tomas-Hernandez J, Teixidor-Serra J, Balaguer-Castro M, Castillon P, Dealbert A, De Caso Rodriguez J, Aguado HJ, Guerado E, Popova E, Tonelli AC, Balasubramanian K, Vincent J, Harvey V, Kocaqi E, Slobogean G, Devereaux PJ; Hip Attack-1 Investigators.
55(11):111827.
2024
Evolution and characteristics of nocturnal knee pain after knee arthroplasty
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg
Daxhelet J, Delfosse G, Lavand'homme P, Fennema P, Thienpont E.
144(11):4715-4723.
2024
Acute pain management after vaginal delivery with perineal tears or episiotomy
Reg Anesth Pain Med
Luxey X, Lemoine A, Dewinter G, Joshi GP, Le Ray C, Raeder J, Van de Velde M, Bonnet MP; PROSPECT Working Group of the European Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Therapy
rapm-2024-105478.
2024
Unveiling the Uncertainties: Opioid-free Anesthesia and the Road Ahead
Anesthesiology
Ladha KS, Lavand'homme P
140(4):646-647.
2024
Chronic postsurgical pain: A European survey
Eur J Anaesthesiol
Martinez V, Lehman T, Lavand'homme P, Harkouk H, Kalso E, Pogatzki-Zahn EM, Komann M, Meissner W, Weinmann C, Fletcher D
41(5):351-362.
2024
Responsiveness of multiple patient-reported outcome measures for acute postsurgical pain: primary results from the international multi-centre PROMPT NIT-1 study
Br J Anaesth
Vollert J, Segelcke D, Weinmann C, Schnabel K, Fuchtmann F, Rosenberger DC, Komann M, Maessen T, Sauer L, Kalso E, Fletcher D, Lavand'homme P, Kaiser U, Liedgens H, Meissner W, Pogatzki-Zahn EM
132(1):96-106.
Pain management after cardiac surgery via median sternotomy: A systematic review with procedure-specific postoperative pain management (PROSPECT) recommendations
Eur J Anaesthesiol
Maeßen T, Korir N, Van de Velde M, Kennes J, Pogatzki-Zahn E, Joshi GP; PROSPECT Working Group of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy
40(10):758-768.
Pain management after elective craniotomy: A systematic review with procedure-specific postoperative pain management (PROSPECT) recommendations
Eur J Anaesthesiol
Mestdagh FP, Lavand'homme PM, Pirard G, Joshi GP, Sauter AR, Van de Velde M, PROSPECT Working Group of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy (ESRA)
40(10):747-757.
2023
Benefits versus harm of intraoperative glucocorticoid for postoperative nausea and vomiting prophylaxis
Br J Anaesth
Lavand'homme P, Kehlet H
131(1):8-10.