A pain management plan for acute pain often includes medications but non-medicine strategies should always be considered as an integral...

Interest in strategies to minimize the intraoperative and postoperative use of opioids has skyrocketed over the past 5 years. With the...

I recently had the privilege of being invited to speak on 'Ask the Mayo Mom', a Facebook Live event with Dr. Angela Mattke, a...

The condition of pain is a universally-experienced phenomenon. With 20% of adults and 20-30% of children throughout the world with a...

It's difficult to talk about pain although it is everywhere. Although improvements have been made over the past 3o years, pain continues...

Regional Anesthesia / Local Anesthesia An integral aspect of a pain management plan is consideration of all strategies to treat pain and...

Knowing which pain scale to use for your patients is an important aspect of pain assessment. Consistency in the use of the scales and...

A summary of a rebuttal from pediatric pain experts (Agarwal, Hays, Chidambaran) regarding opioid use A November 2020 article in JAMA...

Here are some activities / articles that have come to my awareness over the last week. Proactive Pain Solutions on Clubhouse Clubhouse is...

This next exercise for the PreEmpt Pain smartphone app jumps right into the most valuable asset of the clinical decision tool - a plan...

This is the first of several exercises to introduce you to the clinical decision tool I am developing for the non-pain provider. PreEmpt...

In this post I will review an article by Rabbitts et al from late 2020 addressing the predictors of acute and chronic pain in adolescents...

In this 2007 article, Dr Eloise Carr provides an in-depth discussion of the numerous barriers that have contributed to acute pain after...

The delivery of optimal pain management in the acute setting has been an area of interest of mine for many years. Along the way I have...

Have you ever wondered how your patients are coping at home after hospital discharge? Are they taking their medications as prescribed? ...

Why This is the Right Time to Hone Your Pediatric Pain Care Skills In this episode, Dr Kundu reminds us of the numerous benefits, not...