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Analgesic Administration in Children and Adults Following Open Heart Surgery
Author(s) -
Elander Gunnel,
Hellström Gunilla
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.678
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1471-6712
pISSN - 0283-9318
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-6712.1992.tb00117.x
Subject(s) - analgesic , medicine , administration (probate law) , anesthesia , physical therapy , surgery , political science , law
. In this study we investigated the administration of analgesics given to patients after open heart surgery ( n = 100). The results show that children, especially infants, and elderly patients were given significantly fewer doses of analgesics during the five days after surgery than patients aged > 16–70 years. The pattern of pain relief also differed between children and adults, a peak in the number of doses of analgesics occurring on the first day after surgery among children and infants and on the second to third day among adults who continued to get higher numbers of doses than the children up to the fifth day.