NON – PHARMACOLOGICAL PAIN MANAGEMENT IN POSTOPERATIVE CARE OF SCHOOL – AGE CHILDREN

Volume 27, Number 6 (2017)

Svajūnė Goštautaitė, Viktorija Piščalkienė, Sari Laanterä, Leena Uosukainen Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate children‘s postoperativepain assessment and management methodsapplied in practice by nurses from Lithuaniaand Finland. Methods. Individual in – depth semi – structured interviewsby non – probabilic snowball (network) andpurposive sampling, data content analysis. 20 nursesin Lithuania and 5 nurses…

Ketamine For Postoperative Pain Management

Volume 27, Number 3 (2017)

Greta Kasputytė, Aurika Karbonskienė Abstract Effective postoperative pain management enhances early postoperative rehabilitation and may improve outcomes of surgical treatment. New analgetic medications and combinations of these are sought for optimal analgesia with lowest possible incidence of side effects. Ketamine is an old general anaesthetic. Low doses of it might be used as a adjunct…

Lornoxicam And Acetaminophen Comparison In Postoperative Pain Management

Volume 27, Number 2 (2017)

Ugnė Lindžiūtė, Eglė Zlatkutė, Tadas Urbonas, Tomas Bukauskas, Donatas Simonaitis, Andrius Macas Abstract Introduction: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are usually used to treat various severity and localization pain. Acceptable postoperative pain management should be acquired to avoid tachycardia, elevated blood pressure, myocardial ischemia, decreased alveolar ventilation, poor healing of wounds. This article puts acetaminophen and…

Laparoscopic Versus Open Repair Of Inguinal Hernia

Volume 27, Number 1 (2017)

Žilvinas Dambrauskas, Lina Pankratjevaitė, Vaidotas Bogusevičius, Antanas Mickevičius Abstract Background and objective. Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most common general surgery procedures. Laparoscopic repair is technically more demanding, though it has been shown to be superior in terms of pain and discomfort, however, there is no apparent difference in recurrence between laparoscopic and…

The Prevalence Of Acute Neuropathic Pain After Surgery In Hospital Of Lithuanian University Of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics

Volume 26, Number 6 (2016)

Liuda Brogienė, Dovilė Bendinskaitė, Miglė Siderkevičiutė, Aida Kinderytė, Gintarė Žemgulytė, Andrius Macas Abstract Background. Acute neuropathic pain can be one of the post-surgical pain components, which is often under-recognized and complicated to treat. The prevalence of pain with neuropathic characteristics in general population is about 6 – 8%. Moreover, it might to progress and become…

Postoperative Pain Control Methods Influence To Early Knee Function, Chronic Pain And Quality Of Life After A Total Knee Arthroplasty

Volume 26, Number 2 (2016)

Janis Zinkus, Dalia Urbanaitė, Arūnas Gelmanas, Ramūnas Tamošiūnas, Arūnas Vertelis, Andrius Macas Abstract Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the most frequently performed major orthopaedic operations causing postoperative pain, which may influence quality of life. Therefore controlling the pain after these operations is a real challenge to medical staff in the whole world. Generally,…