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Postoperative Pain Management of Therapeutic Surgery: a Prospective, Observational Cohort Study.

Conditions
Postoperative Pain
Interventions
Other: PCA group
Other: ERDS group
Registration Number
NCT04578483
Lead Sponsor
China Medical University Hospital
Brief Summary

Poor management of post-operative acute pain can contribute to medical complications including pneumonia, deep vein thrombosis, infection and delayed healing, as well as the development of chronic. In contrast, appropriate pain control is capable of reducing the postoperative complications, preventing the development of chronic pain, and improving the quality of life. The workloads of medical staffs and health care cost are subsequently decreased. Recently, a lot of analgesic methods have been developed and used in clinical practice, such as patient-controlled analgesia, ultrasound-guided long-term analgesia and multimodal analgesia. This study is aimed to investigate the outcome of each postoperative analgesic method used in China Medical University Hsinchu Hospital. This real world data can serve as a reference toward high health care quality.

Detailed Description

This is a prospective, observational, cohort study. Patients undergoing elective surgery will be invited to the study. The written informed consent will be obtained prior to participation. Demographic data, underlying condition, surgical procedures, consumption of anesthetics and analgesics, analgesic methods, postoperative complications, pain intensity and life quality will be collected from medical history and by questionnaires.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1000
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Aged 20 to 80.
  2. Needing pain management after elective surgery.
  3. American Society of Anesthesiology Physical Class (ASA) between 1 and 3.
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Allergic to anesthetics, opioids, or medicine used during study period.
  2. Severe comorbidity, such as cardiopulmonary disease and strock.
  3. Abuse or long-term use of opioids.
  4. Pregnant or breastfeeding.
  5. Judged to be unsuitable subjects by investigator.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PCA groupPCA groupPatients receiving patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) will be allocated to PCA group.
ERDS groupERDS groupPatients receiving one dose of extended-release dinalbuphine sebacate (ERDS) by ultrasound-guided muscle injection will be allocated to ERDS group.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Postoperative pain intensity (numerical rating scale)From Day 0 to Day 5

Numerical rating scale (NRS) is used to assess pain intensity from surgical day (Day 0) to five days after surgery (Day 5). NRS is a 11-point scale which labeled from zero (no pain) to ten (worst pain).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Patient satisfactionWithin 5 days after surgery

Before discharge, patients are asked to rate satisfaction toward postoperative pain management on a 5-point scale: very satisfied, satisfied, uncertain, dissatisfied, very dissatisfied.

Consumption of anestheticsFrom Day 0 to Day 5

Amounts of medicines used during surgery are all analyzed, especially the ones related to analgesia.

Adverse eventsFrom Day 0 to Day 5

Percentage of the population suffering from postoperative adverse events are analyzed, especially the ones related to analgesics.

EQ-5D-5L scoreWithin 16 weeks after surgery

EQ-5D-5L questionnaire is used to assess patients' life quality. Patients are asked to fill in the questionnaire prior to surgery, before discharge and/or three months after surgery.

Consumption of analgesicsFrom Day 0 to Day 5

Amounts of opioids are converted into morphine equivalents. Amounts of NSAIDs are calculated separately.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

China Medical University Hsinchu Hospital

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Hsinchu, Taiwan

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