Perioperative Pain Management of Pediatric Appendectomy Patients (umpikipu)

Kuopio University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Appendicitis

Treatments: Procedure: appendicectomy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02580487

KUH01012012

Details and patient eligibility

About

Acute appendicitis is the most common illness that brings pediatric patients to the hospital for surgical treatment. Abdominal pain is the symptom because of which the patients go to the hospital. Some patients have severe pain and need analgesics before the final diagnosis and before surgery. After surgery most patient experience pain and at least 80 % of the patients need postoperative pain medication. For two decades there has been a clinical guideline for pain management in Kuopio University Hospital (KUH). The investigators aim was to evaluate how well the pain management for pediatric patient works in clinical practice.

Enrollment: 178 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• In prospective patients informed consent obtained
• Appendectomy performed

Exclusion criteria

• No informed consent

Trial design

178 participants in 2 patient groups

retrospective group

Description:

Patients whose pain evaluation, analgesics used and details of surgery were collected from patient files

Treatment:

Procedure: appendicectomy

Prospective group

Description:

Patients who were interviewed before and after surgery when they were at the hospital

Treatment:

Procedure: appendicectomy