Open AccessAuditing Analgesic Use in Post-operative Setting in a Teaching Hospital
Author(s) -
Sumana Sen,
Prapthi Bathini
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/11098.5734
Subject(s) - medicine , tramadol , analgesic , diclofenac , drug , audit , piroxicam , observational study , opioid , anesthesia , emergency medicine , alternative medicine , pharmacology , receptor , management , pathology , economics
Managing postoperative pain efficiently is one important therapeutic challenge in the hospitals. Combination use of analgesics is in vogue, where in drugs from the opioid and non-opioid group are given synergistically. The aim of this study is to audit the use of different analgesics on the first postoperative day. Effort has been made to look into the drug or drug combinations used and other factors associated with their use.