2021 Annual Meeting Startup & Practice Management Access Pass-Responsible Pain Management in the Outpatient Setting

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Video Summary

In this video, the speaker discusses the relevance of responsible pain management in the outpatient setting. They highlight three reasons why this is important: surgical outcomes, safety, and efficiency. The speaker explains that preoperative opioid use is associated with worse surgical outcomes, and tapering patients from opioids prior to surgery has been shown to have positive effects. Higher opioid doses increase the risk of adverse events, and using multimodal analgesia can target different mechanisms of pain. The speaker also discusses the appropriate use of opioids and the importance of continuing adjunctive medications during the recovery period. They provide an example of a multimodal paradigm and an algorithm for managing pain based on the type of surgery and preoperative opioid use. The speaker also mentions the O-Net classification as a tool for identifying patients at higher risk for difficulties with pain management. They conclude by advising the audience to seek help from a pain management physician if needed. No credits were mentioned in the video.

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Dr. Andrew Pisansky

Keywords

responsible pain management

outpatient setting

surgical outcomes

safety

efficiency