• Best Pract Benchmarking Healthc · Jan 1997

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    Benchmarking for unrelieved pain in a postanesthesia care unit.

    • A R Borromeo and P E Windle.
    • St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
    • Best Pract Benchmarking Healthc. 1997 Jan 1; 2 (1): 20-3.

    AbstractThe problem of unrelieved pain in the PostAnesthesia Care Unit (PACU) is an outcomes management concern. This article discusses the steps taken by the PACU staff to establish a benchmark for unrelieved pain and to evaluate the effect of the Multidisciplinary Pain Management Initiative (MPMI) action plan on the outcomes of length of stay and cost.

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