Some trauma patients don’t receive adequate pain relief

http://www.mayoclinic.org/medical-professionals/clinical-updates/trauma/some-trauma-patients-dont-receive-adequate-pain-relief-question-why

Pain management is a critical part of trauma care. Untreated or inadequately treated pain intensifies the effect of trauma on respiration, hemodynamic stability, and renal and gastrointestinal function, leading to an increase in complications and deaths. It can also cause disabling chronic pain syndromes — the result of changes in the nervous system in response to repeated stimuli…