Professor ROGER KNAGGS's Outputs (3)

Misappropriation of the 1986 WHO analgesic ladder: the pitfalls of labelling opioids as weak or strong (2022)
Journal Article
Crush, J., Levy, N., Knaggs, R. D., & Lobo, D. N. (2022). Misappropriation of the 1986 WHO analgesic ladder: the pitfalls of labelling opioids as weak or strong. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 129(2), 137-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2022.03.004

Opioids have a vital role in alleviating pain from cancer and surgery. Despite good intentions, it is now recognised that the original WHO Cancer Pain Relief guidance from 1986, in which opioids were classified as either weak or strong, has been both... Read More about Misappropriation of the 1986 WHO analgesic ladder: the pitfalls of labelling opioids as weak or strong.

System-level policies on appropriate opioid use, a multi-stakeholder consensus (2022)
Journal Article
Forget, P., Patullo, C., Hill, D., Ambekar, A., Baldacchino, A., Cata, J., Chetty, S., Cox, F. J., de Boer, H. D., Dinwoodie, K., Dom, G., Eccleston, C., Fullen, B., Jutila, L., Knaggs, R. D., Lavand’homme, P., Levy, N., Lobo, D. N., Pogatzki-Zahn, E., Scherbaum, N., …Gilbert, S. (2022). System-level policies on appropriate opioid use, a multi-stakeholder consensus. BMC Health Services Research, 22(1), Article 329. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07696-x

Background: This consensus statement was developed because there are concerns about the appropriate use of opioids for acute pain management, with opposing views in the literature. Consensus statement on policies for system-level interventions may he... Read More about System-level policies on appropriate opioid use, a multi-stakeholder consensus.

Utility of unidimensional and functional pain assessment tools in adult postoperative patients: a systematic review (2022)
Journal Article
Baamer, R. M., Iqbal, A., Lobo, D. N., Knaggs, R. D., Levy, N. A., & Toh, L. S. (2022). Utility of unidimensional and functional pain assessment tools in adult postoperative patients: a systematic review. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 128(5), 874-888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2021.11.032

Background: We aimed to appraise the evidence relating to the measurement properties of unidimensional tools to quantify pain after surgery. Furthermore, we wished to identify the tools used to assess interference of pain with functional recovery. Me... Read More about Utility of unidimensional and functional pain assessment tools in adult postoperative patients: a systematic review.