Open AccessPrevalence of acute post-operative pain in patients in adult age-group undergoing inpatient abdominal surgery and correlation of intensity of pain and satisfaction with analgesic management: A cross-sectional single institute-based study
Author(s) -
Prashant Kumar Singh,
Priyam Saikia,
Mangala Lahakar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.191686
Subject(s) - medicine , analgesic , cross sectional study , pain management , postoperative pain , anesthesia , correlation , physical therapy , intensity (physics) , physics , geometry , mathematics , pathology , quantum mechanics
Considering the paucity of regional data, this study was designed to investigate the prevalence of post-operative pain and determine if there exists any correlation between the intensity of post-operative pain and patient's level of satisfaction with their pain management after inpatient abdominal surgery at an academic tertiary care government centre.