MD, PhD, FFPMRCA
Clinical Chair in Anaesthesia
- 51cg
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- Email Address
- patrice.forget@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 437285
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition





Biography
Professor Patrice Forget, MD, PhD, FFPMRCA, is Clinical Chair in Anaesthesia at the 51cg (UK), and Honorary Consultant at the NHS Grampian. He is involved in clinical research, focused mainly on pain, perioperative epidemiology and clinical pharmacology. For the last twenty years, as principal investigator and/or national coordinator, he has published more than 250 articles, letters or editorials.
He is the Chair of the PANDOS (Pain AND Opioids after Surgery) ESAIC Research Group (European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care).
External Memberships
Board Member of the European Pain Federation EFIC (Honorary Treasurer, Chair of the Societal Impact of Pain partnership with the Pain Alliance Europe)
Active member of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC), deputy Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Anaesthesiology, Acute and Chronic Pain Subcommittee Lead.
Past President of the Belgian Pain Society
- Research
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Research Overview
For the last fifteen years, as principal investigator and/or national coordinator, I have published more than 200 articles, letters or editorials, questioning current practices and opening new avenues in pain and perioperative medicine.
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Applied Health Sciences.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Current Research
My research programme, mostly focused on pain, combines perioperative epidemiology and clinical pharmacology approaches.
Collaborations
Deputy Editor-in-Chief for the European Journal of Anaesthesiology
Associate Editor for the British Journal of Anaesthesia
Associate Editor for the British Journal of Pain
Associate Editor for Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Senior Editor for BMC Anesthesiology
Editor for the Clinical Journal of Medicine (Section: Anesthesiology)
Board member of eCancer
Cochrane collaborator
Reviewer for more than 50 scientific journals.
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Professor of anaesthesia and pain medicine
- Publications
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Non-surgical site pain in women following breast cancer surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Breast Care, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 399–411Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Big data in anaesthesia: A narrative, nonsystematic review
European Journal of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, vol. 2, no. 5, e0032Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Personalized pain assessment: What does ‘acceptable pain’ mean to you?
European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom), vol. 27, no. 9, pp. 1139-1143Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Prolonged Ileus after Colorectal Surgery, a Systematic Review
Journal of Clinical Medicine, vol. 12, no. 18, 5769Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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An inter-specialty cancer training programme curriculum for Europe
European Journal of Surgical Oncology, vol. 49, no. 9, pp. 106989Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Opioid-free anaesthesia: Should we all adopt it? An overview of current evidence
European Journal of Anaesthesiology, vol. 40, no. 8, pp. 539-541Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Changing demographics of peri‐operative patients: increases and decreases
Anaesthesia, vol. 78, no. 8, pp. 1041-1042Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI:
The impact of COVID-19 on opioid use in those awaiting hip and knee arthroplasty: A retrospective cohort study
BMJ Quality & Safety, vol. 32, no. 8, pp. 479-484Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Opioid Prescribing for Acute Postoperative Pain: An Overview of Systematic Reviews
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] DOI:
Experiences and perspectives of adults on using opioids for pain management in the postoperative period: A scoping review protocol.
European Journal of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, vol. 2, no. 3, e0024Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Perioperative opioids: a narrative review contextualising new avenues to improve prescribing
British Journal of Anaesthesia, vol. 130, no. 6, pp. 709-718Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Europe has much to do to improve the quality of and access to safe pain management
Lancet (London, England), vol. 401, no. 10389, pp. 1651Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI:
Fluid Optimisation in Emergency Laparotomy (FLO-ELA) Trial: study protocol for a multi-centre randomised trial of cardiac output-guided fluid therapy compared to usual care in patients undergoing major emergency gastrointestinal surgery
Trials, vol. 24, 313Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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A survey on the availability, usage and perception of neuromuscular monitors in Europe
Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 549-558Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Management of acute mesenteric ischaemia: Results of a worldwide survey
Clinical nutrition ESPEN, vol. 54, pp. 194-205Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Can Opioid-Free Anaesthesia Be Personalised?: A Narrative Review
Journal of Personalized Medicine, vol. 13, no. 3Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Developing expert international consensus statements for opioid-sparing analgesia using the Delphi method
BMC Anesthesiology, vol. 23, no. 1, 62Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Opioid-Free Anesthesia and Postoperative Outcomes in Cancer Surgery: A Systematic Review
Cancers, vol. 15, no. 1, 64Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Pharmacological Interventions for Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia: A Scoping Review of Preclinical Trials
Journal of Clinical Medicine, vol. 11, no. 23, 7060Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Developing Expert International Consensus Statements for Opioid-Sparing Analgesia Using the Delphi Method
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Opioid and gabapentinoid prescriptions in England from 2015 to 2020
PloS ONE, vol. 17, no. 11, e0276867Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Accelerated Surgery Versus Standard Care in Hip Fracture (HIP ATTACK-1): A Kidney Substudy of a Randomized Clinical Trial
American Journal of Kidney Diseases, vol. 80, no. 5, pp. 686-689Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Status quo of pain-related patient-reported outcomes and perioperative pain management in 10,415 patients from 10 countries: Analysis of registry data
European Journal of Pain, vol. 26, no. 10, pp. 2007-2258Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Immunological Insights into Opioid-Free Anaesthesia in Oncological Surgery: A Scoping Review
Current Oncology Reports, vol. 24, no. 10, pp. 1327-1336Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Anaesthesia for elite athletes
European journal of anaesthesiology, vol. 39, no. 10, pp. 825-834Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Why do we need to implement the ICD-11?: When pain science and practice meet policies
European Journal of Pain, vol. 26, no. 9, pp. 2003-2005Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Opioid-free anaesthesia by total intravenous anaesthesia techniques may be alternative to remifentanil
BMJ (Clinical research ed.), vol. 378, o2071Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI:
Anesthetics and Long Term Cancer Outcomes: May Epigenetics Be the Key for Pancreatic Cancer?
Medicina, vol. 58, no. 8Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Implementing opioid-free anaesthesia to improve pain management?
Anaesthesia Critical Care and Pain Medicine, vol. 41, no. 4, 101109Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Pain and Opioid-Induced Gut Microbial Dysbiosis
Biomedicines, vol. 10, no. 8, 1815Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Postoperative Outcomes Associated With Procedural Sedation Conducted by Physician and Nonphysician Anesthesia Providers: Findings From the Prospective, Observational African Surgical Outcomes Study
Anesthesia and Analgesia, vol. 135, no. 2, pp. 250-263Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Expert Multinational Consensus Statement for Total Intravenous Anaesthesia (TIVA) Using the Delphi Method
Journal of Clinical Medicine, vol. 11, no. 12, 3486Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Peace, not war in Ukraine or anywhere else, please
Anaesthesia Critical Care and Pain Medicine, vol. 41, no. 3, 101068Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI:
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A new ESAIC open access journal
European Journal of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, vol. 1, no. 1, e001Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI:
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A new European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care open access journal
European Journal of Anaesthesiology, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 413-414Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI:
To better appraise (un)certainty in systematic reviews, useful approaches exist. A comment on Moore et al.
European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom), vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 1179-1180Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI:
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System-level policies on appropriate opioid use, a multi-stakeholder consensus
BMC Health Services Research, vol. 22, no. 1, 329Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Correction to: Opioid-free versus opioid-based anesthesia in pancreatic surgery
BMC Anesthesiology, vol. 22, no. 1, 33Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI:
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ST-Segment Elevation, Brugada Syndrome, and Propofol?: Is This the Only Thing We Should Be Noticing?
JACC: Case Reports, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 111-112Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Opioid Prescription Following Wrist and Ankle Fracture Fixation in Scotland—Tradition Prevails
Journal of Clinical Medicine, vol. 11, no. 2, 468Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Opioid-free versus opioid-based anesthesia in pancreatic surgery
BMC Anesthesiology, vol. 22, no. 1, 9Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Metoclopramide and propofol to prevent nausea and vomiting during cesarean section under spinal anesthesia: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial
Journal of Clinical Medicine, vol. 11, no. 1, 110Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Prescribing and deprescribing opioids
Pain, vol. 163, no. 1, pp. 1-2Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Erector spinae plane block with catheter infusion for analgesia in a patient undergoing transaxillary first rib resection
Anaesthesia Reports, vol. 10, no. 2, e12190Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Mortality by opioid poisoning in children and teenagers and opioid prescriptions
BMC Pediatrics, vol. 21, 569Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Opioid treatment for non-cancer pain: We need a comprehensive approach
The BMJ, vol. 375, n3045Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Perioperative NSAIDs and Long-Term Outcomes After cancer Surgery: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Current Oncology Reports, vol. 23, 146Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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To what extent are we confident that tapentadol induces less constipation and other side effects than the other opioids in chronic pain patients?: A confidence evaluation in network meta-analysis
British Journal of Pain, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 380-387Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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2021 adaptation of the editorial policy of Anaesthesia Critical Care and Pain Medicine (ACCPM)
Anaesthesia Critical Care and Pain Medicine, vol. 40, no. 5, 100957Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Opioid-free Anesthesia: Comment
Anesthesiology, vol. 135, no. 4, pp. 751-753Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI:
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