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Transitional Pain Services and Clinics: A Scoping Review of Recent Literature
Harvy E Freitag1, Ryan L Melvin1, Ryan C Godwin1,2
1Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Purpose:
The goal of manuscript is to summarize and synthesize the body of literature on Transitional Pain Services and Clinics (TPS/Cs), highlighting models, outcomes, and implementation considerations.
Methods:
Using a published, Artificial Intelligence-assisted, interactive algorithm, PubMed, CINAHL, and SCOPUS listed literature were searched for all articles related to TPS/Cs published in the last 10 years.
Results:
58 relevant articles were identified and grouped into six topics.
Conclusion:
Multiple models of TPS/Cs were identified. The most commonly described were multidisciplinary clinics of pain physicians, nurses, psychologists, physiologists, and other health-related personnel. Mostly, retrospective literature suggests that TPS/Cs can effectively bridge acute postoperative pain management with sustained long-term care, particularly for patients at higher risk of chronic postsurgical pain and opioid misuse. More prospective and randomized trials are needed.
