Abstract Background Patients' postoperative treatment might be affected by their psychological state. The study aimed to evaluate the effects of anxiety, coping ability (stress tolerance), depression, and pain catastrophizing on analgesic consumption in patients scheduled for sleeve gastrectomy. Method...
Abstract Background: Skin conductance response reflects the activity of the sympathetic nervous system and is used to measure acute pain. This pilot study examines correlations of skin conductance response with emotional stressors postoperatively. Methods: The correlation of skin conductance response w...
Abstract Introduction: Packing of the nasal cavity has traditionally been used for postoperative bleeding control and decreasing synechia formation in patients undergoing nasal surgeries. Although absorbable nasal packing has been gaining popularity in the recent years, nonabsorbable nasal packing is st...
SUMMARY OBJECTIVE The study aims to explore the relationship between preoperative anxiety and chronic postoperative pain. METHODS A total of forty rats were divided into four groups, control, single-prolonged stress alone, Hysterectomy alone, and SPS+ Hysterectomy. The paw withdrawal mechanical thres...
RESUMO Objetivo Avaliar a dor de pacientes em pós-operatório imediato, na admissão, uma hora após e na alta de uma Unidade de Recuperação Pós-Anestésica quanto a intensidade, aspectos sensoriais e afetivos. Métodos Analítico, transversal, com 336 pacientes, formulário sociodemográfico e c...
OBJECTIVES: to analyze the relationship between preoperative emotional state and the prevalence and intensity of postoperative pain and to explore predictors of postoperative pain. METHOD: observational retrospective study undertaken among 127 adult patients of orthopedic and trauma surgery. Postoperativ...
En este artículo se analiza la importancia del control del dolor postoperatorio, las vías del dolor, su fisiología, las diversas formas en que se puede medir, los factores psicológicos que lo afectan y se revisan varios métodos y técnicas que existen para un buen control del dolor postoperatorio....