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
2018
Procedure-Specific Pain Management (PROSPECT) - An update
Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol
Lee B, Schug SA, Joshi GP, Kehlet H; PROSPECT Working Group.
32(2):101-111.
2017
Opioid-free anesthesia opioid side effects: Tolerance and hyperalgesia.
Best Practice & Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology
Lavandhomme P, Steyaert A.
31(4):487-498
2017
Acute and chronic neuropathic pain after surgery: Still a lot to learn
European Journal of Anaesthesiology
Steyaert A, Lavandhomme P.
34(10):650-651
2016
Does the perioperative analgesic/anesthetic regimen influence the prevalence of long-term chronic pain after mastectomy?
Journal of Clinical Anesthesiology
Steyaert A, Forget P, Dubois V, Lavandhomme P, De Kock M.
33:20-5
2013
Postoperative opioids: let us take responsibility for the possible consequences
European Journal of Anaesthesiology
Steyaert A, Lavandhomme P.
30(2):50-2
2011
Enhanced neuroinflammation and pain hypersensitivity after peripheral nerve injury in rats expressing mutated superoxide dismutase 1
Journal of Neuroinflammation
Berger JV, Deumens R, Goursaud S, Schäfer S, Lavandhomme P, Joosten EA, Hermans E.
08:33
2021
Pain management after open liver resection: Procedure-Specific Postoperative Pain Management (PROSPECT) recommendations
Reg Anesth Pain Med
Dieu A, Huynen P, Lavand'homme P, Beloeil H, Freys SM, Pogatzki-Zahn EM, Joshi GP, Van de Velde M; PROSPECT Working Group of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy (ESRA).
46(5):433-445.
2022
Accelerated Surgery Versus Standard Care in Hip Fracture (HIP ATTACK-1): A Kidney Substudy of a Randomized Clinical Trial
Am J Kidney Dis
Borges FK, Devereaux PJ, Cuerden M, Sontrop JM, Bhandari M, Guerra-Farfán E, Patel A, Sigamani A, Umer M, Neary J, Tiboni M, Tandon V, Ramokgopa MT, Sancheti P, Lawendy AR, Balaguer-Castro M, Jenkinson R, Ślęczka P, Nur AN, Wood GCA, Feibel RJ, McMahon JS, Biccard BM, Ortalda A, Szczeklik W, Wang CY, Tomás-Hernández J, Vincent J, Harvey V, Pettit S, Balasubramanian K, Slobogean G, Garg AX; HIP ATTACK-1 Investigators.
80(5):686-689.
