Frecuencia del dolor y uso de analgésicos en pacientes postquirúrgicos en el área de cirugía del Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso. 2022.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: post-surgical pain is the pain suffered by the patient after surgery or its complications, so the use of adequate analgesia is essential for full recovery. OBJECTIVE: to determine the frequency of pain and the use of analgesics in post-surgical patients in the surgical area of the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital in 2022. MATERIALS AND METHODS: it is a descriptive cross-sectional study. Data were collected from the directed interview and clinical records of patients in the surgery area of the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital during August and September 2022. The variables studied were age, sex, pain intensity, type and duration of surgery, analgesics and combined therapy. The database was elaborated in Microsoft Excel and analyzed in SPSS v21 with license. RESULTS: a total of 264 post-surgical patients were studied, the mean age was 42 years; more than half (54.5%) were men. The frequency of pain was 75%. The most commonly used therapy was paracetamol plus tramadol (59.2%), mainly in moderate pain (65.2%). Both in general surgery and in surgeries lasting 1 to 3 hours, paracetamol plus tramadol was applied more frequently (49.5% and 82%, respectively). CONCLUSION: post-surgical pain affects young adult men, the most used drug was paracetamol and in combination paracetamol plus tramadol, the latter being the most used in general surgery. In comparison with other studies, there is evidence of similarity of percentage in combined therapy; however, NSAID are the most used.