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Pain During Chest Tube Withdrawal: Evaluation Using Pan Monitor

Completed
Conditions
Chest Pain
Registration Number
NCT02015858
Lead Sponsor
Hopital Foch
Brief Summary

Pain evaluation remains a clinical problem. Pain Monitor allows pain evaluation using the measurement of skin conductance.

Withdrawal of chest tube can be painful and the purpose of the study was to compare auto-evaluation of pain (visual analogic scale) and the index measured by the Pain Monitor.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria
  • patients undergoing removal of a chest tube after lung surgery,
  • patients able to indicate the pain score.
Exclusion Criteria
  • pregnancy, lactation ,
  • insulin-dependent diabetes with dysautonomia,
  • central or peripheral neurological disease, agitation,
  • inability to understand the protocol,
  • inability to use the Pain Monitor: skin abnormalities at the site of measurement, pacemaker or implantable defibrillator, condition affecting the sympathetic nervous system, tremor of the extremities,
  • contra-indication to oral morphine ,
  • respiratory failure, severe hepatic insufficiency, intracranial hypertension, epilepsy associations
  • recent administration of neostigmine or of atropine.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pain monitor evaluation of pain1 hour

Comparison between Pain monitor index and auto-evaluation of pain (numerical scale from 0 -no pain- to 10 - maximal pain)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pain intensity1 hour

Evolution of Pain monitor index and of auto-evaluation of pain (numerical scale from 0 -no pain- to 10 - maximal pain) during the chest tube withdrawal

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hopital Foch

🇫🇷

Suresnes, France

Hopital Foch
🇫🇷Suresnes, France

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