Open AccessTranscutaneous nerve stimulation for pain relief during chest tube removal following cardiac surgery
Author(s) -
Vishwas Malik,
Usha Kiran,
Sandeep Chauhan,
Neeti Makhija
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/joacp.joacp_336_15
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation , ketorolac , analgesic , chest tube , nausea , vomiting , chest pain , surgery , pneumothorax , alternative medicine , pathology
In patients undergoing open heart surgery, chest tubes are removed postoperatively when patients are well awake and stable. Pain during chest tube removal can be moderate to severe and can be the worst experience of hospitalization. Various modalities of pain relief during chest tube removal have been tried with variable results. We sought to examine the effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) as an intervention for pain relief during chest tube removal after cardiac surgery.