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Managing pain with algorithms: an opportunity for improvement? Or: the development and utilization of algorithms to
Patrick Coyne1, Laurie Lyckholm1, Barton Bobb1
1Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.
Abstract:
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. 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.
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