Pain assessment and management in patients undergoing endovascular procedures in the catheterization laboratory

Abstract OBJECTIVE To describe how pain is assessed (characteristic, location, and intensity) and managed in clinical practice in patients undergoing endovascular procedures in the catheterization laboratory setting. METHOD Cross-sectional study with retrospective data collection. RESULTS Overall, 345 patients were included; 116 (34%) experienced post-procedural pain; in 107 (92%), pain characteristics were not recorded; the location of pain was reported in 100% of patients, and its intensity in 111 (96%); management was largely pharmacologic; of the patients who received some type of management (n=71), 42 (59%) underwent reassessment of pain. CONCLUSION The location and intensity of pain are well reported in clinical practice. Pharmacologic pain management is still prevalent. Additional efforts are needed to ensure recording of the characteristics of pain and its reassessment after interventions.

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Main Authors:	Hilário,Thamires de Souza, Santos,Simone Marques dos, Kruger,Juliana, Goes,Martha Georgina, Casco,Márcia Flores, Rabelo-Silva,Eneida Rejane
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem 2017
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0080-62342017000100426
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