domingo, 20 de enero de 2013

Dolor postoperatorio

La implementación de la calidad de sistemas de manejo mejora el tratamiento del dolor postoperatorio: estudio prospectivo mediante preguntas pre/post intervención.


Implementation of the quality management system improves postoperative pain treatment: a prospective pre-/post-interventional questionnaire study.
Usichenko TI, Röttenbacher I, Kohlmann T, Jülich A, Lange J, Mustea A, Engel G, Wendt M.
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine.
Br J Anaesth. 2013 Jan;110(1):87-95. doi: 10.1093/bja/aes352. Epub 2012 Oct 9.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: An organizational approach is proposed as an immediate solution for improving postoperative pain (POP) management. The aim was to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of a quality management system (QMS), based on procedure-specific, multimodal analgesic protocols, modified to meet the individual patients' requirements. METHODS: Patients from the orthopaedic, gynaecological, visceral, and trauma surgery departments of the university hospital were involved in two prospective surveys. Survey 1 was performed at baseline and survey 2 was performed after the implementation of QMS within an interval of 1 year. The patients were asked to report pain intensity on the visual rating scale, incidence of analgesia-related side-effects, and incidence of pain interference with the items of life quality and their satisfaction with the treatment of POP. RESULTS: Patients from Survey 2 (n=251) reported 25-30% less pain than those from Survey 1 (n=269) (P<0.0001). Nausea was reported by 40% of the patients from Survey 1 vs 17% from Survey 2, vomiting by 25 vs 11% and fatigue by 76% in Survey 1 vs 30% in Survey 2 (P<0.0001). Life quality and patients' satisfaction improved in Survey 2 vs Survey 1 (P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The implementation of QMS allowed the reduction in POP intensity with a simultaneous decrease in analgesia-related side-effects. This has led to an increased quality of life and patient satisfaction.


http://bja.oxfordjournals.org/content/110/1/87.full.pdf


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