The Fraternidad-Muprespa Havana Hospital hosts the intermutual forum on pain in occupational pathology
The Hospital
The day, led by Dr. Alejandro Ortega Romero, head of the Pain Unit of the Hospital In the presentation of this day, Dr. Ortega highlighted some data:
"Treating pain in Spain represents a cost of between 1 and 2% of GDP. Chronic pain has a social impact that goes far beyond direct health costs"
During the opening ceremony, the Dr. Sagrario Mayoralas, manager of the Fraternidad-Muprespa Havana Hospital, the Dr. Álvaro Minuesa Asensio, head of the Traumatology Service, and Dr. Alejandro Ortega, who stressed that these meetings allow the transformation of scientific knowledge into clinical tools with a direct impact on the quality of care of the working patient.
The scientific program addressed the management of shoulder and elbow pain in a practical way, with the interventions of the Dr. Gabriel del Monte, traumatologist at the Shoulder and Elbow Unit of the HFMH and the Dr. Ignacio González, head of said Unit, along with the presentations of the Dr. Paloma Morillas and the Dr. Alejandro Ortega anesthetists from the HFMH Pain Unit. Then the Dr. Francisco Serrano, head of the Rehabilitation Service of Hospital Asepeyo Coslada and the Dr. María Martin from the same service, addressed the issue of occupational cervical sprains.
Another of the most notable interventions has been that of D. Asier Agote, Managing Director of the Intermutual Hospital of Euskadi and the Dr. José Luis Alcibar, from the Pain unit of said Hospital, developing the acute lumbosciatalgia algorithm and the cost-effectiveness analysis at the work level. Next, Dr. Noelia Calvo, also from the Pain Unit of the Intermutual Hospital of Euskadi, explained localized neuropathic pain, from painful scarring to distal amputations.
The second part of the day focused on Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, he Dr. Manuel Asensio, head of the Sequelae and PI Assessment Area at Fraternidad-Muprespa, has started the session sharing the Mutual Fund's experience with the CRPS protocol, to continue with Dr. Maite Bovaira, head of the Pain Unit at the Intermutual Levante Hospital, who has concluded the diagnosis and treatment news, and the Dr. Rogelio Rosado, coordinator of the Pain Unit at the Fremap Hospital in Majadahonda who has developed evidence of spinal cord and dorsal root ganglion stimulation in treatment.
The Dr. Ana Calvo, Head of Anesthesia at the Intermutual Levante Hospital has explained the chronic use of opioids in occupational pathologies and to conclude the Dr. Eva Manzano, director of the Health Management Department of Fraternidad-Muprespa and the Dr. José Francisco Domenech, Managing Director of the Intermutual Levante Hospital concluded the session by commenting on the advances in the special electronic prescription.
All the presentations concluded with the development of quick guides and agreed protocols, directly applicable in daily clinical practice.
The participation of the medical teams and managers of the intermutual hospitals has also made it possible to value the cost-effectiveness of the proposed treatments, their impact on reducing sick leave times and improving return to work.
This event reinforces Fraternidad-Muprespa's commitment to healthcare innovation, continued training and improvement of clinical practice in patient care.
