Postprocedure pain management of interventional radiology patients.

J Vasc Interv Radiol

Departments of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue (WCC 308), Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.

Published: November 2003

Postprocedure pain management of patients after interventional procedures has to take into account residual drug actions from pre- and intraprocedure medications. A variety of sedatives, narcotics, local anesthetics, nonopioid analgesics, and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory agents can be adjusted to the patient's needs and risk factors. The article addresses the safe use of these agents in addition to reflections on assessment and the cognitive elements of the pain experience.

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