RT Book, Section
A1 Rawal, Narinder
A2 Hadzic, Admir
SR Print(0)
ID 3510525
T1 Chapter 78. Acute Pain Service: Organization, Function, & Implementation
T2 NYSORA Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management
YR 2007
FD 2007
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071449069
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3510525
RD 2024/04/17
AB Adequate  perioperative  analgesia  is  essential  for  the  reduction  of  postoperative  morbidity1–4  and  mortality.2  Inadequately  treated  postoperative  pain  delays  patient  discharge  and  recovery  and  results  in  an  inability  to  participate  in  rehabilitation  programs,  leading  to  poor  patient  outcomes.  Recent  studies5  show  that  pain  is  inadequately  treated  despite  the  availability  of  drugs  and  techniques  for  pain  management.  The  problem  of  inadequate  pain  relief  is  usually  due  to  the  lack  of  an  appropriate  department  or  service  that  utilizes  available  expertise  and  pharmacologic  options,  rather  than  the  development  of  new  medications  or  pain  management  modalities.