ArticleAnesthesiology and pain medicine2016
Evaluating Persistent Postoperative Pain in One Tertiary Hospital: Incidence, Quality of Life, Associated Factors, and Treatment.
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- Nerve Blocks for Post-Surgical Pain Management: A Narrative Review of Current Research.Journal of pain research · 2024Review
- Analysis of Pain Management after Anatomic VATS Resection in Austrian Thoracic Surgery Units.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Preoperative anxiolytic and antidepressant medications as risk factors for increased opioid use after total knee arthroplasty: a matched retrospective cohort analysis.Anaesthesiology intensive therapy · 2023Article
- Factors associated with persistent postsurgical pain after total knee or hip joint replacement: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Pain reports · 2023Review
- Postoperative pain management in non-traumatic emergency general surgery: WSES-GAIS-SIAARTI-AAST guidelines.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2022Review
- Intercostal Catheters for Postoperative Pain Management in VATS Reduce Opioid Consumption.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Factors Affecting Persistent Postoperative Pain in Patients with Hip Fractures.Pain research & management · 2020Article
- Ketamine as Adjuvant for Acute Pain Management.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2019Article
- Perioperative Cardiac Troponin I Levels in Patients Undergoing Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Single Center Study.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2018Article
- Comparing the Effect of Foot and Hand Reflexology on Pain Severity after Appendectomy: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPersistent postoperative pain (PPP) is defined as persistent pain after surgery of greater than three months' duration.
objectivesIdentify the incidence of PPP in our hospital and its associated factors; evaluate quality of life (QoL) and treatment of patients. PATIENTS AND
methodsWe conducted an observational prospective study in adults proposed to various types of surgery using the brief pain inventory short form preoperatively (T0), one day after surgery, and three months later (T3). If the patient had pain at T3 and other causes of pain were excluded, they were considered to have PPP, and the McGill Pain Questionnaire Short Form was applied. QoL was measured with the EuroQol 5-dimension questionnaire (EQ-5D).
resultsOne hundred seventy-five patients completed the study. The incidence of PPP was 28%, and the affected patients presented lower QoL. The majority referred to a moderate to severe level of interference in their general activity. Cholecystectomies were less associated with PPP, and total knee/hip replacements were more associated with it. Preoperative pain, preoperative benzodiazepines or antidepressants, and more severe acute postoperative pain were associated with the development of PPP. Half of the patients with PPP were under treatment, and they refer a mean symptomatic relief of 69%.
conclusionsThis study, apart from attempting to better characterize the problem of PPP, emphasizes the lack of its treatment.
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