Health Condition 1: C00-D49- Neoplasms
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: nil: nil
Control Intervention1: nil: nil
Sponsors
Department of Anesthesia Critical Care and Pain
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All adult patients upto 80 years following major oncology surgery with discharge within 96 hours of surgery will be included.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Refusal to participation. 2.Emergenecy surgeries.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Total number of patients in moderate -severe pain a week after discharge from the hospital following major onco surgeries, assessed by analysing the severity of average pain recorded in the short form of Brief Pain Inventory ( BPI)Timepoint: a week after discharge from the hospital | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Number of patients (in percentage) advised round the clock analgesics at discharge, since evaluation will be done at end of a week this assessment will be recorded for the first 2 days 2. The pattern of analgesic prescribed as number of analgesics from different sub types- opioid, PCM, NSAIDS, adjutants 3. Number of patients who still needed rescue analgesics at time of evaluation ( ie a week after surgery ) 4. Number of patients who returned to the hospital for pain complains either to OPD / casualty Timepoint: One week after surgery;5. Number of patients who did not take medications as advised 6. Number of patients who needed additional analgesics than prescribed in first week of surgery. The source of additional analgesics will also be noted as local doctor/ local dispensary /medications left over from previous prescriptions. 7. The association of pain scores, need for additional analgesics , will be correlated with various DMG to identify areas of improvement Timepoint: One week after surgery | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactVaibhav Patil
Tata Memorial Hospital and Homi Bhabha Institute Mumbai.
Outcome results
None listed