Postoperative pain management in Prapokklao Hospital.

Abstract

Context : Postoperative pain remains a most common complaint in postoperated patient.For quality improvement, postoperative pain management in clinical practice had been studied.

Objective : To study the method of postoperative pain management in clinical use,complication and patientûs satisfaction.

Methods : This study is the descriptive research using cross-sectional study. The questionnaires were sampling to patients between March to April 2007. The patients included in this study were over 10 years old and conscious postoperative patients. The data was analyzed by frequency and percentage.

Results : Three hundred and sixty postoperative patients were study revealed that methods of postoperative pain management were IM narcotics, IV narcotics, intrathecal narcotics or oral drugs, most adverse effects were nausea/vomiting and itching,no serious complications and high degree of patient satisfaction.

Keywords : postoperative pain management, complication of management, intramuscular, intravenous, patient controlled analgesia, intrathecal narcotics, Acute Pain Service