Middle-aged patient's experiences of pain management after cardiac surgery
Mesiäinen, Nita; Pirttimäki, Elli; Kosonen, Gabriela (2017)
Mesiäinen, Nita
Pirttimäki, Elli
Kosonen, Gabriela
Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakoulu
2017
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201801301788
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201801301788
Tiivistelmä
In the year 2010, 2100 coronary artery bypass grafts (CABGs) were performed in Finland. In
the United States, thousands of these surgeries are performed every day. The surgeries
cause severe pain to the patient, and thus accurate assessment and understanding of pain
is integral for providing sufficient pain control and optimising recovery. The importance of
the study was to shed light on the gaps of knowledge about how patients experience pain
management after cardiac surgery and how it influences overall recovery from the
procedure.
The aim of the study was to conduct a literature review that reviews how middle-aged
patients react to and feel about the different methods pain management commonly used
after cardiac surgery. The purpose was to gather the information into a comprehensive
whole so that it can be applied to and used to develop clinical nursing work for the patients'
benefit.
Information was gathered from two different databases (EBSCO & PubMed) by use of
deductive methodology. Predetermined categories were opioids and non-opioids under
pharmacological pain management, and physical and non-physical treatment under nonpharmacological
pain management. Ten relevant articles were chosen for review. The
results indicated a need for more studies to further explore the specific interests and
experiences of middle-aged cardiac surgery patients concerning their postoperative pain
management.
the United States, thousands of these surgeries are performed every day. The surgeries
cause severe pain to the patient, and thus accurate assessment and understanding of pain
is integral for providing sufficient pain control and optimising recovery. The importance of
the study was to shed light on the gaps of knowledge about how patients experience pain
management after cardiac surgery and how it influences overall recovery from the
procedure.
The aim of the study was to conduct a literature review that reviews how middle-aged
patients react to and feel about the different methods pain management commonly used
after cardiac surgery. The purpose was to gather the information into a comprehensive
whole so that it can be applied to and used to develop clinical nursing work for the patients'
benefit.
Information was gathered from two different databases (EBSCO & PubMed) by use of
deductive methodology. Predetermined categories were opioids and non-opioids under
pharmacological pain management, and physical and non-physical treatment under nonpharmacological
pain management. Ten relevant articles were chosen for review. The
results indicated a need for more studies to further explore the specific interests and
experiences of middle-aged cardiac surgery patients concerning their postoperative pain
management.