Abstract:Background
The intensity of postoperative pain depends on the type of surgical procedure. However, it can be a problem finding the optimal treatment.
Purpose
To improve medical analgesics prescription according to pain intensity, considering warnings and main drug interactions.
Materials and methods
We did a bibliographic review from January 2004 to August 2013 in several databases (PubMed, Micromedex, Cochrane, etc.) and scientific journals.
Results
We designed a postoperative analgesia protocol based o… Show more
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