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# Recovery and pain

The recovery unit, nausea and vomiting, postoperative pain, delirium, hypothermia and enhanced recovery (ERAS).

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- [**Chronic pain: an overview for the generalist** Chronic pain lasts more than three months; it changes the nervous system and daily life, so it…](https://durgical.com/en/anaesthesia/chronic-pain-an-overview-for-the-generalist/)
- [**Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)** ERAS is a team plan of small proven steps before, during and after surgery that helps patients…](https://durgical.com/en/anaesthesia/enhanced-recovery-after-surgery/)
- [**Perioperative hypothermia and shivering** Anaesthesia switches off the body's defences against cold, so patients cool during surgery…](https://durgical.com/en/anaesthesia/perioperative-hypothermia-and-shivering/)
- [**Postoperative delirium** Some patients, especially older people, become confused and disoriented for days after surgery…](https://durgical.com/en/anaesthesia/postoperative-delirium/)
- [**Postoperative nausea and vomiting** Feeling sick or vomiting after an operation is common; doctors can predict who is at risk and…](https://durgical.com/en/anaesthesia/postoperative-nausea-and-vomiting/)
- [**Postoperative oliguria and fluids** Low urine after surgery may be a blocked catheter, a full bladder, too little fluid or kidney…](https://durgical.com/en/anaesthesia/postoperative-oliguria-and-fluids/)
- [**Postoperative pain: multimodal analgesia** Pain after surgery is best controlled by combining several medicines and techniques, so that…](https://durgical.com/en/anaesthesia/postoperative-pain-multimodal-analgesia/)
- [**The recovery unit: monitoring and discharge criteria** After an operation, patients wake up in a recovery unit where nurses and doctors watch…](https://durgical.com/en/anaesthesia/the-recovery-unit-monitoring-and-discharge-criteria/)

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