Tag: perianesthesia care

Personalized perioperative pain management reduces opioid use

Editor's Note Helping patients taper opioids preoperatively before deploying multimodal care strategies can help prevent instances of patients already with prescriptions going home with even higher doses. That’s the main takeaway from an April 22 MedCentral interview with Marie N. Hanna, MD, division chief for regional anesthesia and acute pain…

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By: Matt Danford
April 24, 2025
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Research review: Nurse-led preoperative visits reduce anxiety, build trust

Editor's Note Nurse-led preoperative visits significantly reduce patient anxiety by providing structured education, emotional support, and greater trust between patients and caregivers, according to a review published January 21 in the Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing. Encompassing 13 studies on nurse-led preoperative visits published between 2000 and 2023, the review found…

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By: Matt Danford
February 6, 2025
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Announcing Track Leaders and Committee Members for 2025 OR Manager Conference

Rockville, MD – January 30, 2025 – OR Manager is proud to announce the seven educational tracks and their dedicated program leaders for the 2025 OR Manager Conference to be held October 28-30, 2025, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. These expertly curated tracks address key themes in…

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By: Lindsay Botts
January 30, 2025
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Study: ERAS protocol reduces opioid use after cardiac surgery

Editor's Note Implementing a multimodal analgesia-based enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol significantly reduced both intraoperative opioid administration and postoperative opioid prescriptions in cardiac surgery patients, according to a January 5 report in Anesthesiology News. The findings were presented at the 2024 International Anesthesia Research Society meeting by Montefiore-Einstein Center…

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By: Matt Danford
January 30, 2025
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