Background: Caesarean delivery can be associated with considerable postoperative pain. While the benefits of transversus abdominis plane (TAP) and ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric (II-IH) nerve blocks on pain after caesarean ...
Background: Pain is a sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage according to Association of the Study of Pain. Despite advances in medical science inadequate post-operative pain management exists in Ethiopia and worldwide. Several perioperative and pre-clinical factors are recognized in contributing to enhancement of pain severity and its adverse effect. Objective: This study is aimed at assessing the severity and identifying the risk factors contributing to postoperative pain. Methodology: A hospital based cross sectional study was conducted on all patients who came to Gondar university hospital, Ethiopia operating theatre from March-of April 15, 2013. Data was collected by administering questionnaires via interview and reviewing the patients chart after taking consent. Numeric rating scale was used to assess pain severity. Logistic regression was used to identify independent risk factors for post-operative pain. Result: 150 patients are included in the prospective study. Moderate to severe pain was reported in 85(57%) of patients in the immediate post-operative period and 117(78%) in the 1st 12 hour. On multivariate analysis ASA I and II OR (4.0) P (0.013), age less than 60 OR (2.642) P (0.042), female gender with an OR (2.580) P (0.005), general anesthesia OR (5.562) P (0.000), and incision length >10cm OR (1.991) P (0.041) were identified as independent risk factors for post-operative pain severity. Conclusion: The study confirms that post-operative pain is still severe and under managed. Identifying perioperative factors for the occurrence of moderate/severe post-operative pain may be useful for designing factor specific interventions to relieve patient suffering(2016-09-19)
Background: Pain is a sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or
described in terms of such damage according to Association of the Study of Pain. Despite advances in medical
science ...
Background: Post dural puncture headache (PDPH) has been a problem for patients after dural puncture. It is
one of the most frequently occurring complications following spinal anesthesia (SA). It is believed to originate ...
Background: Humans maintain constant body temperature within a wide range of changes in external
environment. Core body temperature is maintained within narrow range; Enzyme systems in the body have narrow
temperature ...
Background: Hypothermia (i.e., temperature <36°C) is a common incident in the immediate postoperative
period. However, it is usually diagnosed and treated infrequently. Maintaining normal body temperature will reduce
hospital ...
Background: Anxiety is defined as an overwhelming experience of fear, worry and nervousness. It is one
of the commonest events that can happen to patients waiting for surgical operations. It has multiple
psychophysiological ...
Yimer a, Hailu *; Ayalew b, Nugusu; Abdisa a, Zewditu; Aregawi c, Adugna(2017-11-14)
Background: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is one of the most common and unpleasant
symptoms affecting patients undergoing abdominal surgery under general anaesthesia. It is also associated
with complications ...
Introduction: Postoperative complications, although other complications may occur, involving the respiratory
tract is the most frequent one that contribute to the greatest peri operative morbidity and mortality. The ...
Introduction: Trend analysis in anesthesia is one way of evaluating previous practice and projecting future performance. Obstetric anesthesia is being challenged currently due to changes in population character. This shifts ...
Background: Anxiety is defined as an overwhelming experience of fear, worry and nervousness. It is one
of the commonest events that can happen to patients waiting for surgical operations. It has multiple
psychophysiological ...
BACKGROUND: Fascia iliaca compartment nerve block (FICNB) has been an established
technique for postoperative analgesia after surgery for femoral bone fracture. FICNB is technically
easy, effective for postoperative pain ...
Background: Globally obstetric anesthesia is being done under spinal and epidural than general anesthesia (GA) for most caesarean sections (CSs). This is because GA is associated with failed endotracheal
intubation and ...
Background: Hypo tension is one of the common complications of spinal anesthesia. It has many detrimental
effects to the mother and fetus if left untreated. Recently, phenylephrine is introduced for the treatment of
hypo ...
Background. Adequate pain management has led to increased comfort in emergency patients, reducing morbidity and improving
long term outcomes.Different painmanagementmodalities have been applied in the emergency department ...
Birlie, Wubie; Abdissa, Zewditu; Yimer, Hailu; Feleke, Abatneh(Journal of Anesthesia & Critical Care, 2018-11)
Documentation after regional nerve block is an essential component of patient pain
management. It will safeguard against medico legal issues, it will increase the successful
performance of regional anesthesia, to safely ...
Temesgen, Netsanet; Simeneh, Nigussie; Feleke, Abatneh; Belay, Yosef(International Journal of Surgery Open, 2020-01)
Parents experience anxiety and concern about their children's anesthesia and surgeries,
which may affect their ability to function normally and the operating staff caring for the child. We aimed
to assess the prevalence ...
Endale Gebreegziabher Gebremedhn1, &, Girmay Fitiwi Lemma2(2017-06-14)
Introduction: Globally, increasing consideration has been given to the assessment of patient satisfaction as a method of monitor of the quality of
health care provision in the health institutions. Perioperative patient ...