An audit of post-operative analgesia in children following tonsillectomy
| Autor: | J. Swallow, J. D. Frewer, J. J. Homer, P. Semple |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Diclofenac Adolescent Premedication medicine.medical_treatment Tonsillitis Analgesic Audit medicine Humans Medical prescription Child Acetaminophen Pain Measurement Tonsillectomy Medical Audit Pain Postoperative Codeine business.industry Anti-Inflammatory Agents Non-Steroidal General Medicine medicine.disease Otorhinolaryngology El Niño Child Preschool Physical therapy Analgesia Complication business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 116 |
| ISSN: | 1748-5460 0022-2151 |
| DOI: | 10.1258/0022215021910807 |
| Popis: | Pain following tonsillectomy in children is a significant problem that tends to be underestimated. We audited post-operative pain in 33 children and found significant proportions of children in moderately severe to severe pain, particularly at, or soon after returning to the ward. These findings led to changes in practice that included the administration of pre-operative paracetamol and diclofenac as well as the uniform post-operative prescription of them, with printed instructions to reduce the scope for mistakes by medical staff. Other changes included a uniform policy, with which the nursing staff could become familiar, and the regular formal recording of pain to assist in the recognition of pain and analgesic requirements. On re-auditing two years later, in a group of 100 children, post-operative pain was significantly improved. The proportion experiencing moderately severe to severe pain on returning to the ward, as their maximum pain score and pain score at discharge fell from 70 per cent to 48 per cent, 85 per cent to 56 per cent, and six per cent to two per cent respectively. |
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