Multimodal Pain Management in Older Elective Arthroplasty Patients

Multimodal Pain Management in Older Elective Arthroplasty Patients

Background: Pain management after elective arthroplasty in older adults is complicated due to the risk of undertreatment of postoperative pain and potential adverse effects from analgesics, notably opioids. Using combinations of analgesics has been proposed as potentially beneficial to achieve pain...

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Main Authors: Elaine Brooks MN, Susan H. Freter MD, Susan K. Bowles PharmD, MSc, David Amirault MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-09-01
Series:Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2151458517720297

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