Author(s)

Marian Sherman^1*, Samir Sethi², Anna Kate Hindle³, Tamanda Chanza⁴

¹George Washington University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA.
²Cardiac & Critical Care Fellow, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
³School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA.
⁴Anesthesia Resident at University of Maryland SOM, Baltimore, MD, USA.

In the context of the current U.S. opioid crisis, there is renewed interest and heightened relevance in the practice of multimodal analgesia for postoperative surgical patients. The goal of this review article is to present an accounting of the available opioid and non-opioid pharmacologic agents, regional analgesia techniques, and complementary modalities that may be considered for optimal pain relief in the perioperative setting. In adhering to the practice of multimodal pain therapy, clinicians improve the quality of pain control and reduce reliance on opioid use. There is strong evidence to support the benefits of multimodal analgesia.

Multimodal Pain Management, Postoperative, Perioperative Setting, Adjuvant Analgesic Agents

Sherman, M. , Sethi, S. , Hindle, A. and Chanza, T. (2020) Multimodal Pain Management in the Perioperative Setting. Open Journal of Anesthesiology, 10, 47-71. doi: 10.4236/ojanes.2020.102005.