Anesthesia consulting pain services

Consulting Acute Pain Service (APS)¶

If refractory to multimodal pain regimen above, consider consulting APS for:
- Acute pain due to surgery in the last 7-10 days
- Acute pain due to new trauma
APS also provides services for patients who are receiving regional anesthetic (nerve blocks, nerve catheters) techniques

Periop provides pain management and implements enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) for specific surgical patients on the ERAS pathway

Service for patients with chronic pain and cancer-related pain
If a patient is having an acute flare of a chronic problem that is not related to surgery or trauma, consult CPS
- Examples: IBD flare, chronic pancreatitis, sickle cell pain crisis
Consultation available Monday through Friday 7am-3pm
The Transitional Pain Service (TPS) is a division of CPS: evaluate chronic pain patients preoperatively in clinic or before hospital discharge for outpatient pain management recommendations after surgery