Preoperative pain screening and optimisation by a perioperative pain service to support complex surgical patients: no patient left behind

Br J Anaesth. 2024 Feb;132(2):437-439. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2023.11.024. Epub 2023 Dec 12.
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Keywords: chronic pain; complex pain; opioid use; pain management; patient optimisation; postoperative pain; risk stratification.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics, Opioid* / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Opioid-Related Disorders* / prevention & control
  • Pain* / drug therapy
  • Pain, Postoperative / drug therapy
  • Perioperative Care
  • Preoperative Care

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid