Abstract

CALDERON-VIDAL, Mariana  and  CASTORENA-ARELLANO, Guillermo Alberto. Acute pain service in a private hospital, experiences and recommendations. Rev. mex. anestesiol. [online]. 2019, vol.42, n.3, pp.170-172.  Epub Sep 13, 2021. ISSN 0484-7903.

Surgical medicine must be established within the framework of perioperative care where the anesthesiologist is a fundamental piece for decision-making from admission to discharge and rehabilitation; so the acute pain management should be taken as an extension of the care of this specialty. This paper describes the effort in developing an acute pain unit in a private hospital, where human resources and organization are constrained. The model of this private acute pain service is a mix of various models written in the literature where the residents of anesthesia are the main actors (low cost), and the standards used are based under the PAIN-OUT initiative. Many areas of opportunity were found along with different solutions, however at the end making authorities sensible about this topic is the hardest step.

Keywords : Acute pain; acute pain clinic; PAIN-OUT initiative; gestion system; private hospital.