Calderón-Vidal M, Castorena-Arellano GA

Language: Spanish
References: 7
Page: 170-172
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ABSTRACT

Surgical medicine must be established within the framework of perioperative care where the anesthesiologist is a fundamental piece for decision-making from admission to discharge and rehabilitation; so the acute pain management should be taken as an extension of the care of this specialty. This paper describes the effort in developing an acute pain unit in a private hospital, where human resources and organization are constrained. The model of this private acute pain service is a mix of various models written in the literature where the residents of anesthesia are the main actors (low cost), and the standards used are based under the PAIN-OUT initiative. Many areas of opportunity were found along with different solutions, however at the end making authorities sensible about this topic is the hardest step.

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