Perioperative pain management: an update for obstetrician-gynecologists

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 193-199

  Lamvu, Georgine ^a   Feranec, Jessica ^a   Blanton, Emily ^a,b  

^a Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

^b FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

acute pain; chronic pain; nonopioid; opioid; pain management; perioperative pain; postoperative pain; preoperative pain; risk factors for poor pain control

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CELECOXIB; CODEINE; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; KETAMINE; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PREGABALIN; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CRYOTHERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOCUMENTATION; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIST; HOSPITALIZATION; HOT THERAPY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LACTATION; MASSAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBSTETRICIAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PAIN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION; UNITED STATES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; GYNECOLOGY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OBSTETRICS; OPIATE ADDICTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85026656336     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.06.021     Document Type: Review

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