Title: Patients with Acute Pain: Patient Expectations and Desired Outcomes
Abstract: The concepts of patient expectation and desired outcomes for patients with acute pain in the emergency department (ED) are surprisingly simple. Most patients present to the ED with pain. Patients with pain expect pain relief. The obvious desired outcome is relief of pain. Our ability to move from this simplistic ideal to scientific, evidence-based solutions that facilitate patient expectations, at the same time defining reasonable outcomes for pain relief, is much more complex. This complexity accounts for a great deal of the continued problem of inadequate pain management in the ED.
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-14
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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