A Multimodal Approach to Perioperative Pain: Strategies that are Accessible to Surgeons

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss and utilize non-opiate pharmacological therapies for perioperative pain management via a multimodal approach.
• Identify patients that are appropiate candidates for conscious sedation.
• Identiy patients that are good candidates for spinal or epidural analgesia in the perioperative time frame.
• Utilize ultrasound guided nerve blocks as an adjunct to adominal and lower extremity surgery.
• Describe best practices for opiate management, long term and chronic pain manageement.