The experience of setting up a resident-managed Acute Pain Service: a descriptive study

BMC Anesthesiology
Tommaso BorracciGiovanni Zagli

Abstract

The benefits of an Acute Pain Service (APS) for pain management have been widely reported, but its diffusion is still limited. There are two APS models: anesthesiologist-based and a nurse-based model. Here we describe the development of a different APS model managed by anesthesia residents, and we report the first year of activity in a tertiary Italian university hospital (Careggi University Hospital, Florence, IT). Patients were included in the APS were those undergoing abdominal and urologic surgery causing moderate or severe postsurgical pain. The service was provided for patients, beginning upon their exit from the operating room, for 4, 12, 24 and 48 h for iv, and up to 72 h for epidural therapy. Vital signs, static/dynamic VAS, presence of nausea/vomiting, sedation level, and Bromage scale in case of epidural catheter, were monitored. From September 2013 to April 2015, a total of 1054 patients who underwent major surgery were included in the APS: 542 from abdominal surgery and 512 from urological surgery. PCA and epidural analgesia were more adopted in general surgical patients than in urology (48% vs 36% and 15% vs 2%, respectively; P < 0.0001). Patients who underwent to abdominal surgery had a significantly higher self-...Continue Reading

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Oct 12, 2020·Pain Management Nursing : Official Journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses·Liangyu FangJingfeng Jin
Sep 23, 2021·PloS One·Orsolya LovasiPéter Gaál

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