Perioperative Pain Management of Patients Presenting for Cardiac Surgery

Pain following cardiac surgeryCardiac surgery is often severe and the consequences of undertreatment may result in significant complications in both the immediate and extended postoperative period. Improved postoperative painPostoperative pain control may substantially shorten hospital length of stay, decrease postoperative ventilation requirements, reduce postoperative complications, and improve patient satisfaction. In patients presenting for cardiac surgeryCardiac surgery, multidisciplinary and multimodal approaches that include oral and intravenous analgesicsAnalgesics and regional anesthetic techniques represent techniques worthy of substantial consideration.