Abstract:

In the last 10 years there has been an increased awareness of the need for improved pain management, especially in the postoperative period, to a large extent stimulated by the US Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), which published its clinical practice guidelineS for pain management in 1992. Teams of surgeons, nurses and anesthesiologists now are combining modalities for managing pain so as to provide the most comfortable postoperative course possible for their patients.

Authors:

Paul H. Gerst, M.D., F.A.C.S.; Hanasoge T. Girishkumar, M.D., F.A.C.S.; Ajay Shah, M.D., F.A.C.S.; B. Narayan Pai, M.D., F.A.C.S.; Eugene Albu, M.D., F.A.C.S.; Vellor S. Parithivel, M.D., F.A.C.S. - Bronx - Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY

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