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Quality improvement approaches have been used to evaluate pain management. The purpose of this study was two-fold: to obtain a baseline data of incidence of severity of pain and patient's level of satisfaction during postoperative period and also to evaluate the changes over time on pain severity, in pain interference with function, patient satisfaction, and time required to deliver the analgesics...
The visual analog scale (VAS) and the verbally administered numerical rating scale (VNRS) are widely used to assess patients’ pain in a French emergency department (ED).The aim of this study was to know how patients and physicians use these two scales in a French emergency department (ED).Patients (N=198) and their physicians (N=48) rated the patients’ pain from 0 to 10 using both VAS and VNRS, both...
In order to reduce post-operative pain, acute pain service (APS) has been integrated in many hospitals. Our university hospital initiated full-time APS 3 years ago, which should supply a benchmark of experiences for assessing potential improvements to our APS.The APS record forms for 2004–2006 were retrospectively reviewed. Outcomes of interest were demographic data, number of APS services delivered...
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