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How Will You Stop Her Pain? February 2015 - Subscribe to Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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3 6 O U T PAT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E | February 2015 P ain. It's what patients are likely to remember most about their surgery, regardless of how many times your nurses smiled or how successful the surgical outcome. What can you do to manage the fifth vital sign, so patients are ready for a timely discharge and return to normal life routines as quickly as possible? We chatted with a few of the nation's leading pain experts to find out. Are surgeons and anesthesia providers becoming more nuanced in their approach to treating pain? John Stamatos, MD Without question. We've become more specialized and gotten more comfortable with what we have in our armamentari- um of pain-relieving tools. Preemptive analgesia is still the basis for everything. Once someone has pain, it's very difficult to treat. Preventing pain from happening is best practice. By the time patients get to recovery, there's less need for narcotics. Length of stay and patient satisfaction are the buzzwords in every Post-op Pain z REALISTIC APPROACH Get patients on their outpatient pain regimen as quickly as possible and set reasonable expectations about the discomfort they'll feel. Jason Meehan

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