TITLE:
Multimodal Pain Management in the Perioperative Setting
AUTHORS:
Marian Sherman, Samir Sethi, Anna Kate Hindle, Tamanda Chanza
KEYWORDS:
Multimodal Pain Management, Postoperative, Perioperative Setting, Adjuvant Analgesic Agents
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Anesthesiology,
Vol.10 No.2,
February
13,
2020
ABSTRACT: In the context of the current U.S. opioid crisis, there is renewed interest and heightened relevance in the practice of multimodal analgesia for postoperative surgical patients. The goal of this review article is to present an accounting of the available opioid and non-opioid pharmacologic agents, regional analgesia techniques, and complementary modalities that may be considered for optimal pain relief in the perioperative setting. In adhering to the practice of multimodal pain therapy, clinicians improve the quality of pain control and reduce reliance on opioid use. There is strong evidence to support the benefits of multimodal analgesia.