Postoperative pain management : why is it difficult to show that it improves outcome?

摘要: Intuitively it seems obvious that unrelieved, severe acute pain after surgery may have a number of undesirable effects [1]. Many experienced clinicians maintain the immediate postoperative course as well long-term outcome be influenced by quality relief or trauma [1, 2]. However, there are conflicting data from published clinical studies concerning beneficial management on short-term and [3].