Postoperative Pain, Satisfaction
Conditions
Keywords
Nurse-based, acute pain service, pediatric, postoperative,, pain
Brief summary
Can a nurse-based, anesthesiologist-supervised model reduce prevalence of postoperative pain in pediatric patients?
Detailed description
Comparison of 2 treatment model in reducing prevalence of postoperative pain in pediatric patients: Conventional model(C): Nurses give fixed-dose analgesic according to surgeons' prescription Study model(S): Nurses give initial-dose analgesic according to surgeons' prescription. In case of inadequate pain relief, another half of initial dose will be given twice at 15-min interval and acute pain service will be consulted if there is still pain.
Interventions
OTHERmodel of health care service
Conventional model(C): Nurses give fixed-dose analgesic according to surgeons' prescription Study model(S): Nurses give initial-dose analgesic according to surgeons' prescription. In case of inadequate pain relief, another half of initial dose will be given twice at 15-min interval and acute pain service will be consulted if there is still pain.
Sponsors
Mahidol University
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
31 Days to 15 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age up to15 years old * Underwent surgery with moderate to severe pain
Exclusion criteria
* ENT, Eye, ambulatory surgery * Cardiac, Neurosurgery * Severe neurocognitive impairment * Continuous epidural analgesia which anesthesiologists take care by themselves
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| prevalence of patients with moderate to severe pain more than once in first postoperative day | 24 hours | moderate to severe pain = Neonatal Infant Pain Scale =,\>4 or CHEOPS =,\>8 or Verbal numerating scale =,\>4 |
Countries
Thailand
Outcome results
None listed