Postoperative pain has been poorly managed for decades. Recent surveys from USA and
Europe do not show any major improvement. Persistent postoperative pain is common after …

Although postoperative pain remains incompletely controlled in some settings, increased
understanding of its mechanisms and the development of several therapeutic approaches …

Poor management of post-operative acute pain can contribute to medical complications
including pneumonia, deep vein thrombosis, infection and delayed healing, as well as the …

Abstract Background Thoracic paravertebral blocks (PVBs) are successfully performed for
pain management after breast surgery. The aim of the present quantitative systematic review …

DESPITE recent advances in our understanding of the physiology of acute pain, the
development of new opioid and nonopioid analgesics and novel methods of drug delivery …

Unlike wards, where chronic and acute pain are regularly managed, comparisons of the
most commonly used self-report pain tools have not been reported for the intensive care unit …

BACKGROUND: Preventive analgesia using non-opioid analgesic strategies is recognized
as a pathway to improve postoperative pain control while minimizing opioid-related side …

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 …

Background The Pain-Free Hospital Project was initiated in 2003 with the aim of improving
pain management throughout Germany. We assessed the current state of pain management …

Abstract Treatment of postoperative pain should rely on results from randomized controlled
trials and meta-analyses of high scientific quality. The efficacy of a particular intervention …