Practice Guidelines for Acute Pain Management in the Perioperative Setting

Abstract

What other guideline statements are available on this topic? These Practice Guidelines update the “Practice Guidelines for Acute Pain Management in the Perioperative Setting,” adopted by the ASA in 2003 and published in 2004.* Why was this guideline developed? In October 2010, the Committee on Standards and Practice Parameters elected to collect new evidence to determine whether recommendations in the existing Practice Guideline were supported by current evidence. How does this statement differ from existing guidelines? New evidence presented includes an updated evaluation of scientific literature and findings from surveys of experts and randomly selected ASA members. The new findings did not necessitate a change in recommendations. Why does this statement differ from existing guidelines? The ASA guidelines differ from the existing guidelines because they provide new evidence obtained from recent scientific literature as well as findings from new surveys of expert consultants and randomly selected ASA members.