Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · May 1997
Postoperative analgesia in Italy. National survey on the anaesthetist's beliefs, opinions, behaviour and techniques in postoperative pain control in Italy.
Using a personal, anonymous questionnaire developed ad hoc, we tried to document the role, the problems and the activities of Italian anaesthetists in postoperative pain control. ⋯ This survey shows that Italian anaesthetists do not consider the postoperative period to be their own personal work area and that POA is to be considered as a matter of individual choice.