Managing Acute Pain after Surgery (at home after discharge)

UMHS Department:

Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)

Pain Management Steering Committee

Department of Anesthesiology

Acute Care Surgery 1 (ACS1)

East Ann Arbor Surgery Center

Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS)

Brighton Center for Specialty Care PACU

Brighton Center for Specialty Care General Surgery

Trauma Burn Center

Surgical Short Stay Unit

General Medicine

Link to Web:

http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/PainSteeringCommittee/ManagingAcutePainAfterSurgery.pdf

Subjects:

After Surgery Period

Postoperative Pain

Opioid Analgesics

Document Type:

Post-Procedure Instructions

Logs, Diaries, Recording Sheets

Format:

Population:

Languages:

Physical Description:

7 page handout

Description:

Detailed instructions for pain management after surgery including use of opioids

Keywords:

UH PACU, EAA PACU, PACU, Pain Management after Surgery, pain control after surgery, Post-Surgery Care,Pain after surgery, post-surgical pain, BCSC PACU

Publication or Revision Year:

2019

Cover Sheet:

No

Writing Team Contact:

Alex Koumoutsopoulos