Pain Monitoring Technology (NOL) is Shown to Reduce Postoperative Pain and Health Costs
RAMAT GAN, Israel, April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A new study from Leiden University in the Netherlands has found that monitoring pain response levels during surgery with NOL technology (Medasense, Ramat Gan, Israel) can help reduce postoperative pain. Extrapolating the results of this study, an economic analysis has shown that by facilitating reduced postoperative pain, using NOL technology can potentially reduce healthcare costs as well.
Clinicians use NOL monitoring in surgical settings to objectively detect and quantify noxious stimuli during anaesthesia, when patients can t communicate, so that they can identify the patient s pain-response and administer tailored analgesics. To use the non-invasive device the clinician fits a small multi-sensor probe over the patient s finger and views the NOL index trend from a dedicated monitor, the PMD-200.