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Postoperative Acute Pain

Released: Dec 2010

Expires: Dec 2012

Type: Online

Pain is probably the most common presenting or associated symptom in patients in the hospital, and they are often more concerned about being in pain than they are about the primary reason for admission. Pain is always a subjective experience that is the consequence of the filtering, modulating, and distorting of the afferent nerve activity (nociceptive input) through the affective (limbic system) and cognitive processes unique to each individual. The following educational module discusses why postoperative pain requires treatment, outlines methods for performing a proper assessment of pain, provides strategies for utilizing patient-controlled analgesia safely and effectively, and summarizes the use of opioid and non-opioid analgesics in the postoperative setting to help hospitalists improve patient quality of recovery and life.

Faculty:

Darin J. Correll, MD |

CME Credits/Hours: 2.00
Cost: Free
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Pain Management Modules

Postoperative Acute Pain