title: Acute pain management.
abstract: This article updates acute pain management in ambulatory surgery and proposes a practical three-step approach for reducing the impact and incidence of uncontrolled surgical pain. By identifying at-risk patients, implementing multimodal analgesia, and intervening promptly with rescue therapies, the anesthesiologist may improve outcomes, reduce cost, and optimize the patient's experience and quality of recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Chicago Medicine, 5841 South Maryland Avenue MC4028, Office O-416, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Electronic address: ddickerson@dacc.uchicago.edu.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Dickerson
mesh_terms: D059787:Acute Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000628:therapy; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D000762:Anesthesia Recovery Period; D000765:Anesthesia, Conduction; D006801:Humans; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*
keywords: Acute pain management; Ambulatory surgery; Multimodal analgesia; Multimodal pain management; Outpatient surgery