Pain Management Nursing
Volume 9, Issue 1, Supplement , Pages 3-10, March 2008

Perspective on Pain Management in the 21st Century

  • Rosemary C. Polomano, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Rosemary C. Polomano, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor of Pain Practice, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care (Secondary), University of Pennsylvania, Claire M. Fagin Hall, 418 Curie Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104-6096.
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  • Colleen J. Dunwoody, MS, RN-BC

      Affiliations

    • UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Dina A. Krenzischek, MAS, RN, CPAN

      Affiliations

    • Same-Day Prep/Post-Anesthesia Care Unit, Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, Department of Surgical Nursing, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • James P. Rathmell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pain Center, Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Abstract 

Pain is a predictable consequence of surgery or trauma. Untreated, it is associated with significant physiologic, emotional, mental, and economic consequences. Despite the vast amount of current knowledge, uncontrolled postoperative pain is reported by approximately 50% of patients. Thus, techniques for effective acute pain management (APM) represent unmet educational needs. The significance of this unmet need is reflected in the number of journal and textbook publications dedicated to disseminating research, evidence-based guidelines, and clinical information. Acknowledging the importance of APM, health care accrediting agencies and professional societies have become increasingly focused on ensuring that patients receive prompt and acceptable pain relief.

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 STATEMENT OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST: These authors report the following conflicts of interest with the sponsor of this supplement article or products discussed in this article. Rosemary Polomano, PhD, RN, FAAN, is on the speaker’s bureau or a consultant for Janssen, L.P., Merck & Co., Inc., and Ortho-McNeil, Inc. Colleen Dunwoody, MS, RN-C, is on the speaker’s bureau and a consultant for Ortho-McNeil, Inc. and Hospira Inc. Dina Krenzischek, MAS, RN, CPAN, is on the speaker’s bureau for Merck & Co., Inc., and Ortho-McNeil, Inc. James Rathmell, MD, received a grant/research support from PriCara, a Unit of Ortho-McNeil, Inc.

PII: S1524-9042(07)00180-4

doi:10.1016/j.pmn.2007.11.002

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 9, Issue 1, Supplement , Pages 3-10, March 2008

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