Objective: The aim of this study was to establish the relationship between postoperative pain
and 30-day postoperative complications. Background: Only scarce data are available on the …

Background Postoperative pain management is of great importance in perioperative
anesthetic care. Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block has been described as an …

As the complexity of analgesic therapies increases, priorities of care must be established to
balance aggressive pain management with measures to prevent or minimize adverse events …

Quantitative testing of a patient's basal pain perception before surgery has the potential to
be of clinical value if it can accurately predict the magnitude of pain and requirement of …

Pain Assessment and Pharmacologic Management, by highly renowned authors Chris
Pasero and Margo McCaffery, is destined to become the definitive resource in pain …

PAIN continues to be a significant problem for many patients after major surgery. In addition
to improving patient satisfaction and decreasing pain scores, enhanced perioperative pain …

■ ABSTRACT Postoperative pulmonary complications are common, serious, and
expensive. Important predictors of risk are advanced age, poor health as assessed by …

POORLY CONTROLLED PAIN is associated with sympa-thetic nervous system activation
and an increased hormonal stress response. This response may contribute to multiple …

Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols are a combination of multimodal
evidence-based strategies, applied to the conventional perioperative techniques, to reduce …

Background/Objective: Postoperative ileus (POI) after colorectal surgery is associated with
prolonged hospital stay and increased costs. The aim of this study is to investigate pre-, intra …