Establishment and Evaluation of a Post Caesarean Acute Pain Service (PCAPS)

Establishment and Evaluation of a Post Caesarean Acute Pain Service

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02062320

Acronym

PCAPS

Enrollment

407

Registered

2014-02-13

Start date

2009-10-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2014-02-13

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Conditions

The Efficacy of Analgesic Methods After Caesarean Section

Keywords

Acute Pain Service, postoperative analgesia, Caesarean Section, non-opioid analgesia, opioid analgesia, epidural analgesia

Brief summary

The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of analgesic methods after Caesarean Section before and after Post Caesarean Acute Pain Service establishing.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Caesarean Section performed from October 2009 to October 2011 (study period) * completed Evaluation of postoperative analgesia after Caesarean Section form.

Exclusion criteria

* Not completed Standard Evaluation of postoperative analgesia after Caesarean Section form.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)	72 hours after Caesarean Section (CS)	Comparison of pain intensity (Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)) during the postoperative period (72 hours) between the two groups according to postoperative analgesic method and method of anaesthesia.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
VAS score above 4	72 hours after CS	unsatisfactory pain relief
Additional Analgesic Requests (AAR) Count	72 hours after CS	Comparison of the average value of the AARs count in groups in the first 72 hours after CS
Analgesia related complication Rate	72 hours after CS	Analgesia related complications including hypotension, hypertension, tachycardia, bradycardia, hypoventilation were recorded.

Countries

Czechia

Outcome results