Why the study?
What are the effective perioperative pain management strategies in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery?
Population
Adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery (excluding children)
Design
Systematic_review
Authors
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Regional techniques warrant cautious adoption in cardiac surgery; confirms limited impact on major outcomes and leaves optimal multimodal strategies open for further study.
What are the effective perioperative pain management strategies in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery?
Multimodal analgesia incorporating regional techniques appears to be the optimal approach for perioperative pain management in cardiac surgery, though opioids remain the most widely used.
Bignami et al. (2018) studied this question.