Influence of a New "Call-Out Algorithm" for Management of Postoperative Pain and Its Side Effects on Length of Stay in Hospital: A Two-Centre Prospective Randomized Trial.

CONCLUSION: Postoperative ESS recording in combination with the possibility to call upon an anaesthesiologist when exceeding the threshold score might have contributed to the reductions of LOS in this two-centre study. This trial is registered with NCT02143128. PMID: 28855800 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28855800?dopt=Abstract

Source: Pain Research and Management - September 2, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Dybvik L, Skraastad E, Yeltayeva A, Konkayev A, Musaeva T, Zabolotskikh I, Bjertnaes L, Dahl V, Raeder J, Kuklin V Tags: Pain Res Manag Source Type: research