ArticleDeutsches Arzteblatt international2008
Quality improvement in postoperative pain management: results from the QUIPS project.
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Anterolateral Geniculate Nerve Block and Portal Anesthesia in Knee Arthroscopy for Pain Control: A Randomized Control Trial
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67 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Acute postoperative pain control in pediatric patients: a scoping review.Journal of Yeungnam medical science · 2026Article
- Influence of Social Support on Peri-Operative Pain: A Secondary Sub-Sample Analysis of a Prospective Observational Trial.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Observational
- Impact of anesthesia type on postoperative pain and outcomes in primary hip and knee arthroplasty: a retrospective register analysis.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Article
- [Health services research in acute pain medicine : Where do we come from in Germany?]Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2025Review
- SPAM-sub partual analgesia with meptazinol: a prospective cohort study comparing intramuscular with intravenous administration.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2024Article
- Postoperative Pain Following Eye Enucleation: A Prospective Observational Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Observational
- Acute Pain Services and pain-related patient-reported outcomes in Hungarian hospitals.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2024Article
- Risk Factors for Severe Pain and Impairment of Daily Life Activities after Cesarean Section-A Prospective Multi-Center Study of 11,932 Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- No clinically significant difference in postoperative pain and side effects comparing conventional and enhanced recovery total hip arthroplasty with early mobilization.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2023Article
- No Success without Effort: Follow-Up at Six Years after Implementing a Benchmarking and Feedback Concept for Postoperative Pain after Total Hip Arthroplasty.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionAcute postoperative pain management is still far from satisfactory despite the availability of high-quality guidelines and advanced pain management techniques.
methodsAn outcome-oriented project called QUIPS (Quality Improvement in Postoperative Pain Management) was developed, consisting of standardized data acquisition and an analysis of quality and process indicators.
resultsAfter validation of the questionnaire, a total of 12 389 data sets were collected from 30 departments in six participating hospitals. Improved outcomes (reduction in pain intensity) were observed in four of the six hospitals. The most painful operations, in the patients' judgment, were traumatological and orthopedic procedures, as well as laparoscopic appendectomy. Traditional process indicators, such as routine pain documentation, were only poorly correlated with outcomes. DISCUSSION: QUIPS shows that outcomes in postoperative pain management can be measured and compared in routine clinical practice. This may lead to improved care. QUIPS reveals which operations are the most painful. Quality improvement initiatives should use as few resources as possible, measure the quality of the outcomes, and provide rapid feedback. Structural and process parameters should be continuously reevaluated to determine their suitability as indicators of quality.
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