How an Audit of Epidural Patients in a Community Hospital Setting Resulted in the Development of a Formal Acute Pain Management Service

David H Goldstein; Elizabeth G VanDenKerkhof; Rebecca Sherlock; Judy Sherlock; Susan Harper

doi:10.1155/2001/539804

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2001)

How an Audit of Epidural Patients in a Community Hospital Setting Resulted in the Development of a Formal Acute Pain Management Service

David H Goldstein,
Elizabeth G VanDenKerkhof,
Rebecca Sherlock,
Judy Sherlock,
Susan Harper

Affiliations

David H Goldstein: Department of Anesthesia, Peterborough Hospitals, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Elizabeth G VanDenKerkhof: Department of Anesthesia, Peterborough Hospitals, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Rebecca Sherlock: Department of Anesthesia, Peterborough Hospitals, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Judy Sherlock: Department of Anesthesia, Peterborough Hospitals, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Susan Harper: Department of Anesthesia, Peterborough Hospitals, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2001/539804
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 16 – 20

Abstract

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PURPOSE: To describe the results of an audit of patients who received epidural analgesics postoperatively and the subsequent development of a formal acute pain management service in a community hospital.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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