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
Name Time Method Pain monitor evaluation of pain 1 hour Comparison between Pain monitor index and auto-evaluation of pain (numerical scale from 0 -no pain- to 10 - maximal pain)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain intensity 1 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