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
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.
2023
Prolonged continuous wound infusion of local anesthetic and steroid after major abdominal surgery to reduce opioid consumption: a randomized, double-blind trial
Minerva Anestesiol
Bugada D, Compagnone C, Bettinelli S, Grimaldi S, DE Gregori M, Muscoli C, Berretta R, Cobianchi L, Peloso A, Lorini L, Lavand'homme P, Allegri M.
89(7-8):625-635.
2023
Comparison between pupillometry and numeric pain rating scale for pain assessments in communicating adult patients in the emergency department
Eur J Pain
Gregoire C, Charier D, de Bergeyck R, Mouraux A, Van Ouytsel F, Lambert R, Zhou N, Lavand'homme P, Penaloza A, Pickering G.
in press.
2022
Use of regional analgesia to prevent the conversion from acute to chronic pain
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol
Geradon P, Lavand'homme P
35(5):641-646.
2022
Pain management after total knee arthroplasty: PROcedure SPEcific Postoperative Pain ManagemenT recommendations
Eur J Anaesthesiol
Lavand'homme PM, Kehlet H, Rawal N, Joshi GP; PROSPECT Working Group of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy (ESRA).
9(9):743-757.
2022
Procedural Sedation With Dexmedetomidine in Combination With Ketamine in the Emergency Department
J Emerg Med
Grégoire C, De Kock M, Henrie J, Cren R, Lavand'homme P, Penaloza A, Verschuren F.
63(2):283-289.
2022
Towards better predictive models of chronic post-surgical pain: fitting to the dynamic nature of the pain itself
Br J Anaesth
Fletcher D, Lavand'homme P
129(3):281-284.