February 3, 2016
New clinical practice guideline on postop pain management
Editor's Note
The American Pain Society, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists have issued a new guideline on the “Management of Postoperative Pain.”
The guideline provides recommendations that address aspects of postoperative pain management, including:
- preoperative education
- perioperative pain management planning
- use of different pharmacological and nonpharmacological modalities
- organizational policies
- transition to outpatient care.
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