SIAARTI recommendations for chronic noncancer pain.

The purpose of these reccomendations is to educate anaesthesia and intensive care specialists to consider CNCP as a disease, rather than a symptom. The aim is to individualize the optimal diagnostic and therapeutic approach, according to the actual model of disease management that focuses on patient's outcome, quality of care, and patient's information and involvement. Anaesthesiologists should be supported in: - individualizing the etiopathological mechanisms of "pain as a disease"; - optimizing the management of "pain as a disease"; - improving both subjective and objective patient's quality of life; - minimizing the number of "nonresponder" patients, related to the therapy and possible complications; - rationalizing the cost of care in order to obtain optimal cost-effectiveness, cost efficiency and cost-quality relationships.