Pain
Conditions
Brief summary
one of the main aims of anesthesia is to reduce postoperative pain. However, many drugs that are used for this purpose, especially opioids, have side effects such as respiratory distress, nausea, itching, and gastrointestinal bleeding . Recent studies have indicated interest in using complementary therapies such as heat and cold therapy, hypnotism.
Detailed description
Pain is amongst the most common problems after surgery (1). Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience, which is associated with the real or probably damage of tissue. Unrelieved postoperative pain in addition to creating fears in the surgical patients, it makes adverse psychological impact on them * The uncontrolled postoperative pain will make a lot of acute and chronic effects, including systemic mediators, hypercoagulability, postoperative immunosuppression, and delayed wound healing * So, one of the main aims of anesthesia is to reduce postoperative pain. However, many drugs that are used for this purpose, especially opioids, have side effects such as respiratory distress, nausea, itching, and gastrointestinal bleeding. Recent studies have indicated interest in using complementary therapies such as heat and cold therapy, hypnotism.
Interventions
DRUGaromatherapy blend containing Lavender
hree drops of aromatherapy blend containing Lavender essence 10% were poured on cotton in cast containers, and the patient was asked to inhale it for 5 minutes from a distance of 10 cm
Sponsors
Assiut University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
20 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age between 20 and 40 years * Body mass index (BMI) of 18-35 kg/m2 * Patients with the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I/II, * Patients scheduled for elective cesarean section.
Exclusion criteria
* Patient refusal * Allergy to local anaesthetics * Anosmia * Coagulopathy, * Chronic pain syndromes * Prolonged opioid medication * Patients who received any analgesic 24 h before surgery.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| time to first analgesia request | 24 hours | time to first analgesia request in minutes |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Total daily consumption of analgesia | 24 hours | intravenous keteloac total consumption in the 1st 24 hours |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed