title: Postoperative pain control.
abstract: Prevention and control of postoperative pain are essential. Inadequate treatment of postoperative pain continues to be a major problem after many surgeries and leads to worse outcomes, including chronic postsurgical pain. Optimal management of postoperative pain requires an understanding of the pathophysiology of pain, methods available to reduce pain, invasiveness of the procedure, and patient factors associated with increased pain, such as anxiety, depression, catastrophizing, and neuroticism. Use of a procedure-specific, multimodal perioperative pain management provides a rational basis for enhanced postoperative pain control, optimization of analgesia, decrease in adverse effects, and improved patient satisfaction.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
authors: Jessica
authors: J
authors: Lovich-Sapola
authors: Department of Anesthesiology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
authors: Charles E
authors: CE
authors: Smith
authors: Department of Surgery, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, 2500 MetroHealth Dr., Cleveland, OH 44109, USA. Electronic address: cbrandt@metrohealth.org.
authors: Christopher P
authors: CP
authors: Brandt
mesh_terms: D059787:Acute Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000328:Adult; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D059408:Pain Management; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019990:Perioperative Care
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000779:Anesthetics, Local
keywords: Local anesthetics; Multimodal analgesia; Nerve blocks; Opioids; Postoperative pain