Although regional anesthesia offers advantages for intraoperative and postoperative pain relief, it is not possible without complications. A case of a significant burn injury after splint placement is described after a peripheral nerve block was performed for postoperative pain management. It is our hope that this case alerts physicians and others involved in the management of postoperative pat...

Postoperative pain has been poorly managed for decades. Recent surveys from USA and Europe do not show any major improvement. Persistent postoperative pain is common after most surgical procedures, and after thoracotomy and mastectomy, about 50% of patients may experience it. Opioids remain the mainstay of postoperative pain treatment in spite of strong evidence of their drawbacks. Multimodal a...

BACKGROUND Postoperative pain is a major concern for patients undergoing facial aesthetic surgery. Aggressive efforts to reduce postoperative pain while avoiding adverse sequelae, such as nausea and vomiting, will result in an improved patient experience. Newer pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and longer-acting local anesthetics offer the potential to reduce pain and enhance patient satisfacti...

BACKGROUND Previous national survey research has shown significant deficits in routine postoperative pain management in the UK. This study used an organizational change perspective to explore in detail the organizational challenges faced by three acute pain services in improving postoperative pain management. METHODS Case studies were conducted comprising documentary review and semi-structure...

conclusions according to the results of the current study, postoperative analgesia in children was improved in the ketamine group. therefore, for better management of posttonsillectomy pain, low-dose ketamine administration with paracetamol is recommended. results there was no significant difference between the two groups considering demographic data (age, sex distribution, weight and height). ...

Postoperative pain management of patients is a major medical and nursing challenge. Pain is still being measured in hospitals using Pain scales such as Faces scale. However this type of interpretation is not straightforward and management of postoperative pain using these methods continues to remain problematic and unsatisfactory. Poorly managed pain may interfere with postoperative complicatio...

AIMS To investigate attitudes, beliefs and self-reported competence with regard to pain management in nurses and physicians on surgical wards. Interprofessional differences between physicians and nurses were also examined. METHODS A total of 795 physicians and nurses from different surgical departments in Norway were invited to complete a questionnaire measuring attitudes, beliefs and self-re...

23 | AUTHORS Nathalia Jimenez, MD, MPH,1 Douglass L. Jackson, DMD, MS, PhD,2,3 Chuan Zhou, PhD,2,4 Nelly C. Ayala, RN, MSN,5 and Beth E. Ebel, MD, MSc, MPH2,3,4 1Departments of Anesthesiology and 2Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and 5School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; and 3Centers for Diversity and Health Equity and 4Child Health, Behavior and Development, S...

Gabapentin (1-aminomethyl-cyclohexaneacetic acid) is an amino acid that has the structure of the neurotransmitter γ -aminobutyric acid (GABA). It is a novel drug used for the treatment of postoperative pain with antihyperalgesic properties and a unique mechanism of action. Gabapentin and the related, more potent compound pregabalin have been shown to be beneficial in the treatment of neuropathi...