Harald Breivik

Research interests

Publications

• Atlas of Pain Management Injection Techniques

  Scandinavian Journal of Pain · 2017 · 10.1016/j.sjpain.2017.08.018

• Opioid-Induced Constipation and Bowel Dysfunction: A Clinical Guideline

  Pain Medicine · 2016 · 10.1093/pm/pnw255

• The individual and societal burden of chronic pain in Europe: the case for strategic prioritisation and action to improve knowledge and availability of appropriate care

  BMC Public Health · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-1229

• Nordic guidelines for neuraxial blocks in disturbed haemostasis from the Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine

  Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica · 2009 · 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.02089.x

• Cancer-related pain: a pan-European survey of prevalence, treatment, and patient attitudes

  Annals of Oncology · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdp001

• Management of acute postoperative pain: Still a long way to go!

  Pain · 2008 · 10.1016/j.pain.2008.04.014

• Assessment of pain

  British Journal of Anaesthesia · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/aen103

• Chronic pain and sensory changes after augmentation mammoplasty: Long term effects of preincisional administration of methylprednisolone

  Pain · 2006 · 10.1016/j.pain.2006.03.020

• Survey of chronic pain in Europe: Prevalence, impact on daily life, and treatment

  European Journal of Pain · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpain.2005.06.009

• Breakthrough pain in malignant and non‐malignant diseases: a review of prevalence, characteristics and mechanisms

  European Journal of Pain · 2004 · 10.1016/j.ejpain.2004.06.001

• Methylprednisolone intravenously 1 day after surgery has sustained analgesic and opioid‐sparing effects

  Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica · 2004 · 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2004.00480.x

• International Association for the Study of Pain

  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management · 2002 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0885-3924(02)00465-7

• Detecting postoperative urinary retention with an ultrasound scanner

  Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica · 2002 · 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2002.t01-1-460309.x

• Postoperative pain management: why is it difficult to show that it improves outcome?

  European Journal of Anaesthesiology · 1998 · 10.1097/00003643-199811000-00022

• Adrenaline markedly improves thoracic epidural analgesia produced by a low‐dose infusion of bupivacaine, fentanyl and adrenaline after major surgery: A randomised, double‐blind, cross‐over study with and without adrenaline

  Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica · 1998 · 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1998.tb05348.x

• A comparison of remifentanil and alfentanil in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery

  Anaesthesia · 1997 · 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1997.24-az0051.x

• Mapping of punctuate hyperalgesia around a surgical incision demonstrates that ketamine is a powerful suppressor of central sensitization to pain following surgery

  Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica · 1997 · 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1997.tb04854.x

• Preparation of highly purified concentrates of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid

  Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society · 1997 · 10.1007/s11746-997-0248-0

• Continuous subcutaneous administration of the N -methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptor antagonist ketamine in the treatment of post-herpetic neuralgia

  Pain · 1995 · 10.1016/0304-3959(94)00182-e

• Lack of analgesic effect of 50 and 100 mg oral tramadol after orthopaedic surgery: a randomized, double-blind, placebo and standard active drug comparison

  Pain · 1995 · 10.1016/0304-3959(95)00056-x

• Relief of post-herpetic neuralgia with the Symbol receptor antagonist ketamine: A double-blind, cross-over comparison with morphine and placebo

  Pain · 1994 · 10.1016/0304-3959(94)90129-5

• Epidural Morphine for Postoperative Pain: Experience with 1085 Patients

  Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica · 1985 · 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1985.tb02176.x

• “Cervicogenic” Headache. An Hypothesis

  Cephalalgia · 1983 · 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1983.0304249.x

• Epidural Versus General Anaesthesia for Total Hip Arthroplasty in Elderly Patients

  Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica · 1980 · 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1980.tb01549.x

• SURVIVAL AFTER 40 MINUTES' SUBMERSION WITHOUT CEREBRAL SEQUELÆ

  The Lancet · 1975 · 10.1016/s0140-6736(75)92554-4

Current projects

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