It's about "optimal analgesia" rather than aiming for an entirely "pain free" approach. America's opioid crisis brings the importance of this concept into sharp relief and this episode of The Perioperative Coach reflects on the pain management discussions had by the American Society of Enhanced Recovery (ASER) and its members.

 

Presented by Monty Mythen with Dr Joff Lacey and Mike Grocott, Professor of Anaesthesia and critical care at the University of Southampton. 

For further reading see the articles in Perioperative Medicine Journal:

https://perioperativemedicinejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13741-017-0064-5

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This conversation taken from a longer piece to be found here: http://www.topmedtalk.com/aser-ebpom-2017-recap-pod-three-live-from-london/

The opioid crisis is a significant concern to us here at TopMedTalk, here is one of the more recent pieces we've done on the subject: https://www.topmedtalk.com/ebpom-usa-chicago-2018-the-opioid-crisis-can-we-kick-the-habit/