title: Setting up an acute pain management service.
abstract: Successful implementation of an acute pain management service involves a team approach in which team members have clearly defined roles. Clinical protocols are designed to help address common problems and prevent errors. As the complexity of surgery and patients' diseases continues to increase, current knowledge of new analgesic medications, acute pain literature, and skills in regional anesthesia techniques is imperative. Emphasizing a multimodal approach can improve analgesia and decrease opioid-related side effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Suite 8130, Gibbon Building, 111 South 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. Electronic address: Eric.Schwenk@jefferson.edu.
authors.forename: Eric S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Schwenk
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Suite 8130, Gibbon Building, 111 South 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
authors.forename: Jaime L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Baratta
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center of Princeton, 1 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro Township, NJ 08540, USA.
authors.forename: Kishor
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gandhi
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Suite 8130, Gibbon Building, 111 South 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
authors.forename: Eugene R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Viscusi
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D018710:Pain Clinics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D059408:Pain Management
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics
keywords: Acute pain service; Continuous peripheral nerve block; Epidural analgesia; Multimodal analgesia