Review Article
Pain - Free Hospital: Recommendations for the Acute Pain Management in Poland
| Malgorzata Malec-Milewska*, Bartosz Horosz and Anna Rupniewska-Ladyko | |
| Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical Center for Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland | |
| Corresponding Author : | Malgorzata B. Malec-Milewska Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medical Centre for Postgraduate Education Ul. Czerniakowska 231, 00-416 Warszawa, Poland Tel: +48 22 58 41 220 Fax: +48 22 58 41 342 E-mail: lmilewski@post.pl |
| Received July 01, 2013; Accepted July 27, 2013; Published July 29, 2013 | |
| Citation: Milewska MM, Horosz B, Ladyko AR (2013) Pain – Free Hospital: Recommendations for the Acute Pain Management in Poland. J Pain Relief 2:120. doi: 10.4172/2167-0846.1000120 | |
| Copyright: © 2013 Milewska MM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
This paper aims to present Polish recommendations for the acute pain management which have been created and introduced within the last few years. Introduction of the accompanying national project “Pain-free hospital” was a success, with many dedicated hospitals that have joined the project. It provides assistance in organizing acute pain management teams and training of the medical professionals in this regard. We also describe our own experience with utilizing the above recommendations.
