The effectiveness of cold application in combination with Indomethacin suppository on chest tube removal pain undergone open heart surgery patients.
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- chest tube removal pain.
- Sponsor
- Vice-chancellor for Research of Zanjan University of Medcial Sciences and Health Services
- Enrollment
- 68
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 8 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Background:
Chest tube removal is a painful procedure. The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of cold application in combination with Indomethacin suppository on chest tube removal pain in patients undergoing open heart surgery.
Materials and Methods:
This single-blind, double-group clinical trial was performed on 66 patients aged 18-68 years with the chest tube in pleural space. The Indomethacin suppository (100 mg) was administered 1 h before the chest tub removal in both groups. In the intervention group, we applied a 4°C cold pack in the chest tube side for 20 min. In the placebo group, the applied pack was at room temperature. Pain intensity was measured by Visual Analog Score 20 min before, immediately after, and 15 min after the chest tube removal.
Results:
Immediately after the CTR, the mean pain score was 2.67 ± 0.79 and 3.9 ± 0.76 in the intervention and placebo groups, respectively. The pain scores measured before and 15 min after the CTR were not statistically different between the two groups.
Conclusion:
Application of cold in combination with Indomethacin suppository during the CTR was a suitable, low-risk, and easy method for pain control in open heart patients.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •inclusion criteria: patients undergo sternomy surgery, range of age :18\-69, oriented to time and place, able to answer to questions, not addicted to drug , no smoking , Indometacin suppository or other kind of sedative have not being prescribed at least 6 hours before intervention also having no opoids prescription 12 hours before intervention, having at least one chest tube in pluera, having physician order for removing chest tube ,
- •exclusion criteria: sudden change in patient status during the intervention, pain in other organs which affect chest tube removal pain such as heart pain
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Not specified