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Acta médica Grupo Ángeles
versión impresa ISSN 1870-7203
Resumen
DOMINGUEZ HERRERA, Javier Guillermo; SANDOVAL LARIOS, Cecilia Guadalupe y DOMINGUEZ CARRILLO, Luis Gerardo. Postoperative pain prevalence. Acta méd. Grupo Ángeles [online]. 2016, vol.14, n.2, pp.84-89. Epub 30-Ago-2021. ISSN 1870-7203.
Background:
The knowledge of the prevalence of postoperative pain allows to develop effective programs to achieve the optimal "hospital without pain".
Objective:
Identify, in a prospective cohort study, the prevalence of postoperative pain in consecutive inpatients.
Material and methods:
Patients over 18 years undergoing surgery of any specialty, identifying pain in the first 48 hours. Verbal numerical rating scale (VNRS) was used to measure pain intensity; we also evaluated the number of painful events, established treatment, mean time of pain relief and distribution by specialty.
Results:
80 patients with mean age of 42 ± 16.4 years; 50% corresponding to each gender. One or more pain events were documented in 37.5% of patients; 83.3% showed a single event. Average pain intensity in VNRS was 5.7 ± 2.6 and pain duration was 16.5 ± 4.5 minutes; 70% of patients presented pain in the first two hours. Drugs used: ketorolac in 50% of cases and opioids alone in 20.83%. The specialties with the highest percentage of pain were plastic surgery (75%) and general surgery (50%).
Conclusions:
The prevalence of postoperative pain is high during the first two hours; close monitoring of pain and its early control are important for the welfare of the patient.
Palabras llave : Postoperative pain; prevalence.