[Psychoemotional comfort--is it a special component of anesthesia?].

: The paper provides a rationale for using a special component of balanced multicomponent anesthesia based on regional blocks. Based on their own data and the analysis of the data available in the literature, the authors describe the etiology and pathogenesis of psychoemotional discomfort. Particular emphasis is placed on the causes and mechanisms of psychoemotional disorders and the patients' long positioning on a operating table. Based on the detected pathogenetic mechanisms, the authors show possible ways of achieving the patients' psychoemotional comfort under regional anesthesia--from premedication and various sedation modes to the monitoring of psychoemotional reactions.