Student Research Symposium Program Portal: Submission #163

Abstract Each year there are millions of abdominal surgical procedures performed in the United States that require the development of a pain management regimen. Pain management may rely on opioid-heavy regimens, or it may use adjuncts such as magnesium sulfate. Magnesium sulfate antagonizes the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor and inhibits the L-type calcium channels (Na et al., 2011). This project is guided by the PICO question: (P) In patients undergoing general anesthesia for abdominal surgery, (I) does the addition of 2g of magnesium sulfate in the multimodal pain regimen (C) compared to a pain regimen without 2g of magnesium sulfate IV (O) lower postoperative opioid use? A pre-educational intervention survey was distributed to anesthesia staff. Following the dissemination of the survey, an educational intervention was conducted with redistribution of the pre-educational survey. Results from the pre-education survey showed that 31.6% (n=6) of anesthesia providers observed a reduction in opioid usage postoperatively while 46.2% (n=6) observed a reduction in the post-education survey.