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Overview

Henrik Kehlet is affiliated with Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine with a focus on surgery, cardiology, anesthesiology, and pain medicine.

The main fields of study for Henrik Kehlet include:

  • Medicine

Within this broad field, the scientist's subfields of study cover:

  • Surgery
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
  • Physiology

Key topics addressed in their research are:

  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Anesthesia and Pain Management
  • Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
  • Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
  • Nausea and vomiting management

Henrik Kehlet has a significant publication record in various venues, frequently publishing in:

  • British Journal of Anaesthesia
  • Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
  • Acta Orthopaedica
  • Anaesthesia
  • Anesthesiology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Henrik Kehlet include:

  • "Enhanced postoperative recovery: good from afar, but far from good?" (2020), Anaesthesia
  • "Perioperative Opioid Administration" (2020), Anesthesiology
  • "Pain management after total knee arthroplasty" (2022), European Journal of Anaesthesiology
  • "Peripheral nerve block anesthesia/analgesia for patients undergoing primary hip and knee arthroplasty: recommendations from the International Consensus on Anesthesia-Related Outcomes after Surgery (ICAROS) group based on a systematic review and meta-analysis of current literature" (2021), Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
  • "Pharmacotherapy for the Prevention of Chronic Pain after Surgery in Adults: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis" (2021), Anesthesiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Henrik Kehlet include:

  • Kirill Gromov
  • Nicolai Bang Foss
  • Christoffer Calov Jørgensen
  • Claus Varnum
  • Anders Troelsen

Best Publications

  • Persistent postsurgical pain: risk factors and prevention

    Henrik Kehlet;Troels S Jensen;Clifford J Woolf

  • Interpreting the Clinical Importance of Treatment Outcomes in Chronic Pain Clinical Trials: IMMPACT Recommendations

    Robert H. Dworkin;Dennis C. Turk;Kathleen W. Wyrwich;Dorcas Beaton

  • Multimodal Approach to Control Postoperative Pathophysiology and Rehabilitation

    H. Kehlet

  • Reduction of postoperative mortality and morbidity with epidural or spinal anaesthesia: results from overview of randomised trials.

    Anthony Rodgers;Natalie Walker;S Schug;A McKee

  • Multimodal strategies to improve surgical outcome.

    Henrik Kehlet;Douglas W Wilmore

  • Evidence-based surgical care and the evolution of fast-track surgery.

    Henrik Kehlet;Douglas W. Wilmore

  • Enhanced recovery after surgery : a consensus review of clinical care for patients undergoing colonic resection

    K C H Fearon;Olle Ljungqvist;M Von Meyenfeldt;A Revhaug

  • Chronic pain as an outcome of surgery. A review of predictive factors.

    Frederick M. Perkins;Henrik Kehlet

  • The value of "multimodal" or "balanced analgesia" in postoperative pain treatment.

    Henrik Kehlet;Jørgen B. Dahl

  • Anaesthesia, surgery, and challenges in postoperative recovery

    Henrik Kehlet;Jørgen B Dahl

  • Enhanced recovery after surgery

    C.H.C. (Kees) Dejong;M.F. (Maarten) von Meyenfeldt

  • A QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF PREEMPTIVE ANALGESIA FOR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN RELIEF: THE ROLE OF TIMING OF ANALGESIA

    Steen Møiniche;Henrik Kehlet;Jørgen Berg Dahl

  • A clinical pathway to accelerate recovery after colonic resection.

    Linda Basse;Dorthe Hjort Jakobsen;Per Billesbølle;Mads Werner

  • MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS IN FAST TRACK SURGERY

    Douglas W Wilmore;Henrik Kehlet

  • Effect of postoperative analgesia on surgical outcome

    H. Kehlet;K. Holte

  • European Society of Anaesthesiology evidence-based and consensus-based guideline on postoperative delirium

    César Aldecoa;Gabriella Bettelli;Federico Bilotta;Robert D. Sanders

  • Prevalence of and factors associated with persistent pain following breast cancer surgery.

    Rune Gärtner;Maj-Britt Jensen;Jeanette Nielsen;Marianne Ewertz

  • Pathophysiology and clinical implications of perioperative fluid excess

    Kathrine Holte;N E Sharrock;H Kehlet

  • Postoperative ileus: a preventable event

    Kathrine Holte;H Kehlet

  • A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials Evaluating Regional Techniques for Postthoracotomy Analgesia

    Girish P. Joshi;Francis Bonnet;Rajesh Shah;Roseanne C. Wilkinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacob Rosenberg
Jacob Rosenberg University of Copenhagen
Troels S. Jensen
Troels S. Jensen Aarhus University
Lars S. Rasmussen
Lars S. Rasmussen University of Copenhagen
Sten Madsbad
Sten Madsbad University of Copenhagen
Pär I. Johansson
Pär I. Johansson Copenhagen University Hospital
Edmund Neugebauer
Edmund Neugebauer Witten/Herdecke University
Niels H. Secher
Niels H. Secher University of Copenhagen
Christopher L. Wu
Christopher L. Wu Cornell University
Michael P. W. Grocott
Michael P. W. Grocott University of Southampton
Ron Kupers
Ron Kupers University of Montreal

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