Skip to main content

Multimodal Pain Management for Major Joint Replacement Surgery.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Goode, VM; Morgan, B; Muckler, VC; Cary, MP; Zdeb, CE; Zychowicz, M
Published in: Orthopedic nursing
March 2019

Effective pain management for orthopaedic major joint replacement is key to achieving earlier recovery, better functioning, and high rates of patient satisfaction. In an effort to decrease opioid dependency, practitioners are turning to multimodal pain management, which involves the use of multiple analgesic agents and techniques. To utilize this technique, a patient's history of and preoperative consumption of medications to treat pain impacts the success of this regimen. Multimodal pain management involves the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, acetaminophen, N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonists, gabapentin, serotonin inhibitors, regional techniques, and opioids as needed. It is necessary for the nurse to understand the mechanism of pain and how the multimodal adjuncts target the pain response to benefit the patient's perioperative course as well as his or her postoperative and discharge management.

Duke Scholars

Altmetric Attention Stats
Dimensions Citation Stats

Published In

Orthopedic nursing

DOI

EISSN

1542-538X

ISSN

0744-6020

Publication Date

March 2019

Volume

38

Issue

2

Start / End Page

150 / 156

Related Subject Headings

  • Pain, Postoperative
  • Pain Measurement
  • Pain Management
  • Nursing
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Clinical Protocols
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement
 

Citation

APA
Chicago
ICMJE
MLA
NLM
Goode, V. M., Morgan, B., Muckler, V. C., Cary, M. P., Zdeb, C. E., & Zychowicz, M. (2019). Multimodal Pain Management for Major Joint Replacement Surgery. Orthopedic Nursing, 38(2), 150–156. https://doi.org/10.1097/nor.0000000000000525
Goode, Victoria M., Brett Morgan, Virginia C. Muckler, Michael P. Cary, Christine E. Zdeb, and Michael Zychowicz. “Multimodal Pain Management for Major Joint Replacement Surgery.Orthopedic Nursing 38, no. 2 (March 2019): 150–56. https://doi.org/10.1097/nor.0000000000000525.
Goode VM, Morgan B, Muckler VC, Cary MP, Zdeb CE, Zychowicz M. Multimodal Pain Management for Major Joint Replacement Surgery. Orthopedic nursing. 2019 Mar;38(2):150–6.
Goode, Victoria M., et al. “Multimodal Pain Management for Major Joint Replacement Surgery.Orthopedic Nursing, vol. 38, no. 2, Mar. 2019, pp. 150–56. Epmc, doi:10.1097/nor.0000000000000525.
Goode VM, Morgan B, Muckler VC, Cary MP, Zdeb CE, Zychowicz M. Multimodal Pain Management for Major Joint Replacement Surgery. Orthopedic nursing. 2019 Mar;38(2):150–156.

Published In

Orthopedic nursing

DOI

EISSN

1542-538X

ISSN

0744-6020

Publication Date

March 2019

Volume

38

Issue

2

Start / End Page

150 / 156

Related Subject Headings

  • Pain, Postoperative
  • Pain Measurement
  • Pain Management
  • Nursing
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Clinical Protocols
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement