Managing pain with algorithms: an opportunity for improvement?

Pain Manag Nurs · Dec 2013

Managing pain with algorithms: an opportunity for improvement? Or: the development and utilization of algorithms to manage acute pain.

Pain management in a hospital setting remains a challenge today. Many health care providers remain anxious and uninformed regarding analgesic titration within a hospital setting. ⋯ Virginia Commonwealth University, a tertiary medical center which houses schools of medicine, nursing, and pharmacy, evaluated the use of algorithms for managing acute pain. This article describes the Pain Committee's efforts and offers one potential intervention for safe analgesic opioid titration, an algorithm for acute pain management.

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- Patrick Coyne, Laurie Lyckholm, Barton Bobb, Donna Blaney-Brouse, Sarah Harrington, and Leanne Yanni.
- Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia. Electronic address: user479069@aol.com.
- Pain Manag Nurs. 2013 Dec 1;14(4):e185-8.
AbstractPain management in a hospital setting remains a challenge today. Many health care providers remain anxious and uninformed regarding analgesic titration within a hospital setting. Overcoming the potential risks to obtain the benefits of opiate titration is a challenge within any health care setting. Virginia Commonwealth University, a tertiary medical center which houses schools of medicine, nursing, and pharmacy, evaluated the use of algorithms for managing acute pain. This article describes the Pain Committee's efforts and offers one potential intervention for safe analgesic opioid titration, an algorithm for acute pain management.Copyright © 2013 American Society for Pain Management Nursing. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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