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AMBULATORY ANESTHESIA

Acute Postoperative Pain Management at Home After Ambulatory Surgery: A French Pilot Survey of General Practitioners’ Views

S. Robaux, MD^*, H. Bouaziz, MD PhD^*, C. Cornet, MD^*, J. M. Boivin, MD, N. Lefèvre, PharmD, and M. C. Laxenaire, MD^*

*Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Center for Clinical Investigation, University Hospital of Nancy, School of Medicine, Nancy, France

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Professor Hervé Bouaziz, Service d’Anesthésie-Réanimation Chirurgicale, Hôpital Central, 29 avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, C0 N° 34, 54035 Nancy Cédex, France. Address e-mail to h.bouaziz{at}chu-nancy.fr

IMPLICATIONS: We assessed the views of French general practitioners concerning pain relief at home after ambulatory surgery in a cross-sectional prospective survey. The results revealed that there is need for improvement, mainly in prescribing more suitable analgesic protocols and optimizing postdischarge relationships between physicians.

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