Evaluation of pain during movement, deep breathing and coughing in patients undergoing surgery
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Patients who have undergone major upper abdominal surgery under general anesthesia and thoracic epidural analgesia over the past two years
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Adult patients (20-65 yrs) of either sex; 2. ASA physical status I and II; 3. Static pain VAS score of less than 30 mm (i.e. static pain is controlled); 4. Scheduled for major upper abdominal surgery under general anesthesia and thoracic epidural analgesia (e.g. gastrectomy, colectomy, pancreaticodudenectomy, exploratory laparotomy, hepaticojejunostomy)
Exclusion Criteria
Patients receiving IV PCA; Patients in whom epidural infusion has to be stopped because of hypotension; Patients undergoing reoperation for some complication
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Dynamic Pain VAS scores during Deep Breathing, Coughing, Rising from supine to sitting position and Ambulation <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Post operative period when the patient is enrolled under acute pain service
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Incidence of Hypotension, Post operative nausea and vomiting and Respiratory depression/ Sedation <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Post operative period when the patient is enrolled under acute pain service