Perioperative Pain Management of Pediatric Appendectomy Patients in Kuopio University Hospital During the Years 2010-2012
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 178
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Pain
研究概览
简要总结
Acute appendicitis is the most common illness that brings pediatric patients to the hospital for surgical treatment. Abdominal pain is the symptom because of which the patients go to the hospital. Some patients have severe pain and need analgesics before the final diagnosis and before surgery. After surgery most patient experience pain and at least 80 % of the patients need postoperative pain medication. For two decades there has been a clinical guideline for pain management in Kuopio University Hospital (KUH). The investigators aim was to evaluate how well the pain management for pediatric patient works in clinical practice.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- — 至 18 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •In prospective patients informed consent obtained
- •Appendectomy performed
排除标准
- •No informed consent
结局指标
主要结局
Pain
时间窗: from preoperative evaluation until the patient left hospital maximum of 7 days
pain is asked preoperatively and at the first postoperative day measured with numeral rating scale
次要结局
- amount of opioids used during hospital stay(from preoperative evaluation until the patient left hospital maximum of 7 days)
研究者
Merja Kokki
MD, PhD
Kuopio University Hospital