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Opioids are commonly used for pain relief, but these often come with undesirable side effects, like nausea, constipation, respiratory depression and falls.

 

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April 19, 2021 in Acute/Surgical Pain, Hospital, ON-Q, Patient Experience, Practice

CLINICAL EVIDENCE DOES NOT SUPPORT THE USE OF LIPOSOMAL BUPIVACAINE, LEAVING PATIENTS WITHOUT ADEQUATE POST-SURGICAL PAIN CONTROL

Clinical Evidence Does Not Support the use of Liposomal Bupivacaine, Leaving Patients Without Adequate Post-Surgical Pain Control The 72-Hour Window for Post-Surgical Pain Postoperative pain continues to be inadequately managed…
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April 8, 2021 in Acute/Surgical Pain, Hospital, ON-Q, Opioids, Patient Experience, Practice

Recent recommendations from ACOG on Postpartum Pain Highlight Need for Caution with Opioid Use in Breastfeeding Women

Recent recommendations from ACOG on Postpartum Pain Highlight Need for Caution with Opioid Use in Breastfeeding Women Women who give birth, both vaginally and by cesarean delivery, are at risk…
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January 27, 2021 in Acute/Surgical Pain, Acute/Surgical Pain, Hospital, Patient Experience, Posts, Practice

Improve Recovery in the ASC

Improve Recovery in the ASC Avanos Medical is committed to addressing some of today’s most important healthcare needs: opioid reduction, long-lasting pain relief and faster recovery. We provide a non-opioid…
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September 17, 2020 in Chronic Pain, Coolief, Patient Experience, Posts

RF Authority

COOLIEF*: THE COOLED RF AUTHORITY The First Clinically-Proven Cooled RF Treatment for Chronic Pain Avanos is continuing to drive innovation with COOLIEF* Cooled Radiofrequency, the leading minimally invasive and non-narcotic…
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May 8, 2020 in Acute/Surgical Pain, Patient Experience, Posts

Perform Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks in a Single Shot

Perform Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks in a Single Shot Announcing QUIKBLOC* Catheter with Improved Ease of Insertion While faster, most single-shot nerve blocks will fail to reduce pain 24 hours…
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February 4, 2020 in Acute/Surgical Pain, Patient Experience, Posts

WHEN YOU PRESCRIBE OPIOIDS, MORE THAN ONE LIFE IS AT RISK

WHEN YOU PRESCRIBE OPIOIDS, MORE THAN ONE LIFE IS AT RISK BY THE NUMBERS 600% WOMEN ARE BECOMING MORE AT RISK From 1999 to 2016, the rate of death from…
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