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P
ain management continues to be one of
the most important and most challenging
issues for surgical facilities. Few con-
cerns, if any, have a larger impact on patient satis-
faction. Recent years have seen great strides in
multimodal analgesia, but too many physicians still
reflexively prescribe opioids instead of using
strategies and agents that effectively manage pain
without the dangerous and unpleasant side effects
of narcotics, says Eugene Viscusi, MD, director of
acute pain management at Thomas Jefferson
University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa. In his pres-
entation, "Latest Advances in Post-Surgical Pain
Management," he'll talk about techniques for mini-
mizing opioids while achieving even greater
patient satisfaction.
• Opioids: the lazy approach to pain. For too many physi-
cians, opioids are still an option of first resort. But
Latest Advances in Post-
Surgical Pain Management
New multimodal analgesia
techniques are revolutionizing
how we treat post-operative pain.
Speaker Profile
• Professor and director of acute
pain management at Thomas
Jefferson University in
Philadelphia, Pa.
• Developed a novel "nurse-dri-
ven" acute pain
management model, involving
specially trained nurses, that has
served as a model for other insti-
tutions.
• Has authored more than 100
book chapters and abstracts, has
co-authored a textbook on acute
pain and has had more than 75
peer-reviewed articles published.
Eugene Viscusi, MD