1. Assessment and Management of Acute Pain: A Focus on the Role of Opioids and Multimodal Treatment Approaches

2. Acute Pain – Epidemiology

3. Acute Pain – Scope of the Problem

4. Acute Pain – Scope of the Problem (cont’d)

5. Acute Pain Impacts Patients’ Lives

6. Acute Pain Impacts Patients’ Lives (cont’d)

7. Inadequate Acute Pain Management Can Have Consequences

8. Reducing Acute Postoperative Pain Lowers Prevalence of Chronic Pain

9. Current Problems With the Assessment of Acute Pain

10. Current Problems With the Assessment of Acute Pain (cont’d)

11. An Alternative Approach?

12. An Alternative Approach? (cont’d)

13. An Alternative Approach? (cont’d)

14. Applicability of Acute Pain Trajectory

16. Temporal Pain Intensity Differences Between Acute and Chronic Pain

17. Transition From Acute Surgical Pain and the Development of Chronic Pain

18. Transition From Acute Surgical Pain to Subacute (Persistent) Pain

19. Transition Period Between Acute and Chronic Pain

20. Transition Period Between Acute and Chronic Pain (cont’d)

21. Transition Period Between Acute and Chronic Pain (cont’d)

22. Why Is It Important to Treat Pain in the Subacute Stage?

23. Why Is It Important to Treat Pain in the Subacute Stage? (cont’d)

24. Why Is It Important to Treat Pain in the Subacute Stage? (cont’d)

25. Transition Period Between Acute and Chronic Pain

26. Progression of Acute to Chronic Pain

27. Progression of Acute to Chronic Pain (cont’d)

28. Transition Period Between Acute and Chronic Pain

29. Transition Period Between Acute and Chronic Pain (cont’d)

30. How Should Subacute Pain Be Treated?

31. Treatment of Acute Pain

32. Opioids and Opioid Combinations for Acute Pain

33. Opioids and Opioid Combinations for Acute Pain (cont’d)

34. What Is the Role of Opioids in Acute and Subacute Pain

35. What Is the Role of Opioids in Acute and Subacute Pain (cont’d)

36. Recommendations for Management

38. Neuropathic Pain Diagnosis

39. Risk Factors for Opioid-Related Aberrant Behaviors

40. Safe Prescribing of Opioids

41. How Should Subacute Pain Be Treated?

42. Pharmacological Treatment of Neuropathic Pain

43. Recommendations

44. Recommendations for Management

45. Recommendations for Management (cont’d)

46. IR Opioids Require Frequent Dosing

47. ER Opioids Are Designed to Provide Consistent Drug Levels

48. Key Concepts