Do postoperative pain trajectories predict 30-day readmissions and ED visits in surgical patients?
Addressing postoperative pain control expectations before discharge may help reduce surgical readmissions in high pain categories.
Postoperative pain trajectories identify populations at risk for 30-day readmissions and ED visits, and do not seem to be mediated by postdischarge complications. Addressing pain control expectations before discharge may help reduce surgical readmissions in high pain categories.
Hernandez‐Boussard et al. (Tue,) studied this question.