title: Acute postoperative pain management at home after ambulatory surgery: a French pilot survey of general practitioners' views.
abstract: We assessed the views of French general practitioners concerning pain relief at home after ambulatory surgery in a cross-sectional prospective survey. The results revealed that there is need for improvement, mainly in prescribing more suitable analgesic protocols and optimizing postdischarge relationships between physicians.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University Hospital of Nancy, 29 avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 54035 Nancy Cedex, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Robaux
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bouaziz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cornet
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Boivin
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lefèvre
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Laxenaire
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D005194:Family Practice; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017211:Treatment Failure