The Postoperative Pain Management Service provides post surgical patients with the precise amount of medication needed to relieve their pain, rather than traditionally prescribed standard dosages.
Individualized therapy helps to prevent both unnecessary pain and oversedation.
This approach may reduce the risk of postoperative complications and may speed recovery and discharge from the hospital. Patients are seen by an attending anesthesiologist every day. A member of the Department of Anesthesiology is present in the hospital 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This approach allows patients to trigger the release of physician-prescribed dosages of intravenous medication. Dosages are adjusted as medication requirements change during the postoperative period.