Clinical practice guidelines for postoperative pain management in adults (2024 edition) - PubMed
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- #Postoperative Pain
- #Analgesia Management
- #Clinical Guidelines
- The guidelines provide 33 evidence-based recommendations for 17 clinical questions on postoperative pain management in adults.
- Recommendations cover preoperative education, risk assessment, analgesic modality selection, and adverse effect management.
- Analgesia strategies include preemptive or multimodal analgesia, regional blocks, patient-controlled intravenous analgesia, and opioid-sparing techniques.
- The guidelines aim to standardize practices, enhance recovery after surgery, reduce opioid use, and shorten hospital stays.
- They are developed following WHO and Chinese guideline principles and are intended for healthcare professional reference, not as mandatory standards.