Treatment of Acute Pain

Question 1

what can trauma pain involve?

Answer 1

bruising
hemorrhage
bone fracture
massive soft tissue damage
wound contamination

Question 2

what is preventative analgesia striving for?

Answer 2

minimizing sensitization induced by noxious stimuli arising throughout the perioperative period

Question 3

what is multimodal analgesia?

Answer 3

drugs (or methods) that work at different mechanistic levels

Question 4

why does illness complicate acute pain treatment?

Answer 4

cannot show same responses to pain as healthier patients
disease state: some medications riskier

Question 5

what are the main side effects of opioids?

Answer 5

behavioral alterations
gastrointestinal
respiratory depression
urine retention

Question 6

what types of pain are NSAIDs effective against?

Answer 6

inflammatory pain
neuropathic pain

Question 7

when can you use ketamine?

Answer 7

intra-op
post-op/non-surgical acute pain
any time patient might be behind on analgesia