Procedural pain control is best achieved with the use of what strategies during the early phase (first 24–48 hours) of recovery in the patient with a major burn injury?
a. Opioids alone
b. Intravenous opioids used in combination with oral antidepressants
c. Opioids (oral or intravenous) and guided imagery
d. Small doses of intravenous opioids titrated to effect
D
Initially after burn injury, narcotics are administered intravenously in small doses and titrated to effect. The constant background pain may be addressed with the use of a patient-controlled analgesia device. When hemodynamic stability has occurred and gastrointestinal function has returned, oral narcotics can be useful.
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