Preoperative pain management education for older adults can significantly reduce their postoperative pain. [10] Pain management content should provide a general overview of pain that includes defining ...

—Because moderate or severe pain is common after surgery, and can hinder postoperative outcomes, it’s critical that care teams have recommendations that can facilitate pain management throughout the ...

Therefore, enhancing healthcare professionals’ awareness of wound procedural pain, standardizing pain management protocols, ...

Acute postoperative pain control after Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) is important as the poorly controlled, persistent pain can cause delay in rehabilitation. The researchers define the purpose of ...

Persistent pain after breast cancer surgery is a well-recognized problem, with moderate to severe pain affecting 15% to 20% of women at 1 year from surgery. Several risk factors for persistent pain ...

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen provide better pain control and have fewer adverse effects than codeine, a commonly prescribed opioid, when prescribed after outpatient ...

The medical community has often viewed chronic pain in two different ways; as either a condition of the body or a condition of the mind. Assessing the whole patient, weighing physical impairment, ...

Nearly 20% of patients who underwent surgery experienced postoperative delirium in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU), with the risk being significantly higher in those reporting high levels of ...

On January, 1, 2018, The Joint Commission’s (“TJC”) new and revised pain assessment and management standards go into effect for TJC accredited hospitals. The changes to the standards stem from a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Details on pain recall may be necessary to supplement the numerical rating and VAS for pain assessment in ...