Quality of Postoperative Pain Management in Cardiac Surgical Patients

Mahidol University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postoperative Pain

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00949429

Si306/2009

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the incidence and risk factors of moderate to severe pain after cardiac surgery, and compare the preoperative pain expectation and postoperative pain experience in the same patient.

Full description

Objectives

1. To study the incidence of moderate to severe pain in cardiac surgical patients 48 hour postoperatively.
2. To study the risk factors of moderate to severe postoperative pain in cardiac surgical patients.
3. To compare the preoperative pain expectation and postoperative pain experience in the same patient.

Enrollment: 300 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients scheduled for cardiac surgery in Siriraj Hospital
• age > 18

Exclusion criteria

• unable to communicate with the patient