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01-07-2007 | Review

PROSPECT: a practical method for formulating evidence-based expert recommendations for the management of postoperative pain

Authors: E. A. M. Neugebauer, R. C. Wilkinson, H. Kehlet, S. A. Schug, on behalf of the PROSPECT Working Group

Published in: Surgical Endoscopy | Issue 7/2007

Abstract

Background

Many patients still suffer severe acute pain in the postoperative period. Although guidelines for treating acute pain are widely published and promoted, most do not consider procedure-specific differences in pain experienced or in techniques that may be most effective and appropriate for different surgical settings. The procedure-specific postoperative pain management (PROSPECT) Working Group provides procedure-specific recommendations for postoperative pain management together with supporting evidence from systematic literature reviews and related procedures at http://www.postoppain.org

Methods

The methodology for PROSPECT reviews was developed and refined by discussion of the Working Group, and it adapts existing methods for formulation of consensus recommendations to the specific requirements of PROSPECT.

Results

To formulate PROSPECT recommendations, we use a methodology that takes into account study quality and source and level of evidence, and we use recognized methods for achieving group consensus, thus reducing potential bias. The new methodology is first applied in full for the 2006 update of the PROSPECT review of postoperative pain management for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Conclusions

Transparency in PROSPECT processes allows the users to be fully aware of any limitations of the evidence and recommendations, thereby allowing for appropriate decisions in their own practice setting.

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Title: PROSPECT: a practical method for formulating evidence-based expert recommendations for the management of postoperative pain
Authors: E. A. M. Neugebauer
R. C. Wilkinson
H. Kehlet
S. A. Schug
on behalf of the PROSPECT Working Group
Publication date: 01-07-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Surgical Endoscopy / Issue 7/2007
Print ISSN: 0930-2794
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2218
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-006-9186-4

2024 ASCO Annual Meeting

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PROSPECT: a practical method for formulating evidence-based expert recommendations for the management of postoperative pain

Abstract

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusions

2024 ASCO Annual Meeting

Springer Medicine

Abstract

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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