PROSPECT: evidence-based, procedure-specific postoperative pain management.
Existing general guidelines for perioperative pain management do not consider procedure-specific differences in analgesic efficacy or applicability of a given analgesic technique. For the clinician, an evidence-based, procedure-specific guideline for perioperative pain management is therefore desirable. This chapter reviews the methodology and results of


CONCLUSIONS
a public web site (www.postoppain.org) which provides information and recommendations for evidence-based procedure-specific postoperative pain management.
Kehlet
Henrik
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Section for Surgical Pathophysiology, Section 4074, The Julione Marie Centre, Rigshospitalet, Blegdomsvej 9, DK-2 100 Copenhagen ø, Denmark. henrik.kehlet@rh.dk
Wilkinson
Roseanne C
RC
Fischer
H Barrie J
HB
Camu
Frederic
F
D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic