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	Archive > March, 2007	Vol. VIII, No. 3

Editor's Page

Needle-free, Portable Pain Pumps Gaining Favor

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

Post-operative nausea and vomiting gets most of the press, but post-op pain is no picnic either for you and your patients. Recent surveys report only modest success in providing suitable analgesia, as 30 percent to 86 percent of surgical patients report moderate to severe pain after a surgical procedure, according to separate studies.

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