Dolor postoperatorio/Postoperative pain

La implementación de sistemas de manejo de calidad mejora el tratamiento del dolor posoperatorio


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://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3520148/pdf/aes352.pdf


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

Revisión de las bombas para dolor en cirugía plástica


A review of pain pumps in plastic surgery.
Chandran GJ, Lalonde DH.
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Can J Plast Surg. 2010 Spring;18(1):15-8.
Abstract
Continuous infusions of local anesthetics for postoperative analgesia have been used for several years by numerous surgical subspecialties. Plastic surgery has only recently embraced these pain pumps, most of which have been used in breast and abdominal surgery. Many different pain pump systems are available. They have been used in many studies and have been found to be effective in improving postoperative analgesia, decreasing narcotic use, and decreasing nausea and vomiting. They have little associated morbidity and systemic toxicity. However, the efficacy of these pain pumps in various areas of plastic surgery need to be studied in well-designed prospective clinical trials. The present paper reviews the current status of the available evidence, usefulness and limitations of the use of pain pumps in plastic surgery.


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2851453/pdf/cjps18015.pdf



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Anestesiología y Medicina del Dolor
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