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Shopping for Surgery - June 2015 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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1 0 4 O U T P A T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E | J U N E 2 0 1 5 Winning the Pain Game No single drug is capable of targeting all types of pain, so a multimodal approach is vital. Jaime L. Baratta, MD | Philadelphia, Pa. A s clinicians, we've been taught to assess patient pain with numbers. On a scale of 1 to 10, how much does it hurt? But if we rely solely on that approach, we're in danger of failing to z MAKE IT STOP Pain is multifactorial in nature. Using a multimodal approach focused on non- opioids will provide better pain control, decreased unwanted side effects and better outcomes.

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