• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.17-23
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• 2018

Objective: Opioid analgesics, for postoperative pain management, are an indispensable group of medication; however, they also have a variety of adverse drug reactions (ADR). Multimodal methods, combining non-opioid analgesics with opioid analgesics, have been investigated to increase the effects of analgesics and reduce ADR with opioid-sparing effects. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) with fentanyl alone, and PCA with fentanyl and intravenous (i.v.) propacetamol to determine the effects of pain control, cumulative opioid usage, and opioid ADR. Methods: The subjects were patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty at the Seoul Veterans hospital from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2016. The study period was from postoperative day 0 (POD0) to day 3 (POD3), and the retrospective study was conducted using electronic medical records. Results: Pain severity was significantly low at POD1 (p = 0.017), POD2 (p = 0.003), and POD3 (p = 0.002) in the multimodal group. The fentanyl only group frequently reported both moderate and severe pain at a statistically significant level. This was consistent with the analysis of the pro re nata (PRN) intramuscular analgesia usage at the time of numerical rating scale (NRS) 4 and above. The opioid-sparing effect confirmed that the average opioid dose equivalent to i.v. morphine dose was 9.4 mg more than that used for the multimodal group in the fentanyl only group. The ADRs and length of stay between the two groups were not statistically different. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that the combination therapy of fentanyl and i.v. propacetamol is superior to fentanyl monotherapy.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.185-190
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• 1997

Background: Preemptive analgesia is an antinociceptive treatment that prevents the establishment of altered central processing which amplifies postoperative pain. A controversy exists over the effectiveness and clinical value of preemptive analgesia. We studied whether epidural bupivacaine and fentanyl prior to surgery could possibly affect postoperative pain and analgesic demands, as compared to administration of same at end of surgery. Methods: Forty patients scheduled for lower abdominal surgery were randomly assigned to one of two groups and prospectively studied in a double-blind method. Group 1(n=20) received epidural injection of 15 ml bupivacaine 0.25% with fentanyl 100 y g before surgery while group 2(n=20) received the same injection at the end of their surgery respectively. Postoperative analgesia consisted of basal plus patient-controlled mode of epidural bupivacaine and fentanyl from PCA system. Postoperative visual analog pain scores(VAPS), analgesics consumption, supplementary analgesics requirement and side effects were assessed for 3 postoperative days. Results: There were no significant difference in analgesics requirement and pain scores, at any time, during rest or after movement, in measurement between the groups. Conclusions: We conclude no clinical value of effectiveness in administering epidural bupivacaine-fentanyl before surgery as compared to administration after surgery.

• 임상간호연구
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.455-466
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• 2011

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a structured preoperative PCA education on the knowledge and attitude regarding PCA usage, level of pain, and the consumption of analgesics after operation for colorectal surgery patients. Methods: This study was conducted from 18 Feb to 2 May, 2008. Participants were 80 colorectal cancer patients who would use the IV-PCA after colorectal surgery in a cancer hospital in Gyeonggi-do, Korea. Two groups, experimental and control were consisted of 40 patients each. The 20-minute structured education regarding PCA usage was applied to each patient individually in the experimental group but only the routine anesthetic consultation was given to each patient in the control group the day before the surgery. The SPSS/PC 10.0 program was introduced to analyze the collected data on frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, $x^2$-test, t-test and paired t-test. Results: The experimental group with the structured preoperative PCA education showed higher knowledge and more positive attitudes regarding the PCA usage than the control group. Also the experimental group showed better pain control and lower consumption of analgesics at 4, 8 and 24 hours after than the control group. Conclusion: The structured preoperative PCA education is an effective nursing intervention for improving the knowledge and attitude of the colorectal surgery patients on the PCA usage, and enabling the patient to take the analgesic more effectively with lower consumption, while reducing the patients' pain after operation.

• Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2021

This study aimed to evaluate and compare the pre-emptive analgesic efficacy of injected ketorolac to that of other agents for impacted third molar surgical removal in a healthy population. PubMed, Ovid SP, Cochrane databases were filtered from 1980 to July 2020 for potential papers using relevant MeSH terms and pre-specified inclusion and exclusion criteria independently by reviewers. Studies that compared pre-emptive intramuscular or intravenous administration of ketorolac to other agents were evaluated. The outcomes sought were self-reported postoperative pain (patient-perceived pain), median duration for rescue analgesic medication, total number of analgesics consumed in the recovery period, and global assessment (overall patient satisfaction) after the recovery period. Six studies were included in the final evaluation. The outcome of pain perception and the number of analgesics taken were significantly lower in the ketorolac group (intramuscular or intravenous) in most of the studies (n=5) than in the group of other drugs. The mean time for rescue analgesia intake was higher for the ketorolac group, and global assessment scores were also better in the ketorolac group. Although the included studies show significantly better outcomes such as postoperative pain, median time taken for rescue medication, total number of analgesics taken, and overall patient satisfaction with injected ketorolac group in comparison to injected diclofenac, dexamethasone, and tramadol, definitive conclusions cannot be made regarding the superiority of injected Ketorolac as a pre-emptive agent. A greater number of randomized control trials with a proper protocol are needed to make definitive conclusions.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.115-124
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• 2021

Background: With an increase in the number of breast cancer survivors, greater importance is attached to health-related quality of life, particularly pain and symptom control. This study aimed to identify the factors that are associated with pain in cancer patients based on the patterns of prescribing opioid, non-opioid, and adjuvant analgesics. Methods: This analysis included new patients who had developed breast cancer between 2003 and 2012. The degree of pain was analyzed based on the socio-demographic (age, income quintile, number of hospitalizations, and duration of disease), indicator (Body Mass Index; BMI, Charlson Comorbidity Index; CCI, Cumulative Analgesic Consumption Score; CACS), operation (mastectomy, lymph node dissection), and therapy (chemotherapy, radiation therapy), as well as complication-related variable (lymphedema). Results: As for the patterns of prescribing analgesics by stages, non-opioid and opioid analgesics constituted 30.7 and 69.3%, respectively. The mean value and variance of CACS were 5.596 and 12.567, respectively. The factors that significantly affected the degree of pain were age (≥50; IRR: 1.848, 95% CI 1.564-2.184, p=0.000), income quintile (IRR: 0.964, 95% CI 0.938-0.991, p=0.008), BMI (≥ 25; IRR: 1.479, 95% CI 1.222-1.795, p=0.000), CCI (≥ 4; IRR: 1.649, 95% CI 1.344-2.036, p=0.000), and lymphedema (yes; IRR: 1.267, 95% CI 1.006-1.610, p=0.047). Conclusions: It is necessary to develop systematic and comprehensive pain control measures to improve the quality of life for breast cancer survivors, especially for those who are 50 years or older, lie in the lower-income quintile, have BMI of ≥25 and CCI score ≥ 4, or have lymphedema.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.47-55
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• 1998

목적 : 암은 우리나라 사망원인의 첫째이며 말기암환자에서 보이는 신체증상 중 통증은 의료인이 반드시 조절을 해주어야 한다. 암환자의 90%이상에서 통증조절이 가능하며, 말기 암환자의 임종 24시간 전 $33{\sim}60%$에서는 의식이 명료하여 진통제의 경고, 투여가 가능하다. 마지막 24시간 동안의 진통제 사용실태와 내과계와 외과계 의사에따른 통증조절 방법의 차이를 조사함으로서 보다 계획적이고 적극적인 통증 조절 중요성의 중요성을 강조하고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방법 : 1994년 7월 1일부터 1995년 6월 30일까지 모대학병원에 입원하여 암으로 사망한 환자 160명을 대상으로 의무기록지, 간호기록지를 조사하는 후향적 코호트 방법을 시행하여 인구통계학적 자료와 사망 24시간전의 의식상태, 통증여부, 암의 종류 등을 조사하였다. 대상자를 내과의사와 외과의사에 의해 치료받은 군으로 나누어 임종전 24시간 동안 투여한 진통제의 용량, 투여방법, 투여종류, 필요시 마타 투여된 진통제의 평균 횟수를 비교 분석하였다. 진통제의 용량은 경구몰핀 등가량으로 환산해서 계산하였다. 결과 : 1) 전체 160명 중 남자가 102명(63.8%)명, 여자는 58명(36.2%) 이었고 평균연령은 56.4세였다. 2) 평균입원 27.8일이었으며 원발부위에 따른 암의 종류는 위암 42명(26.3%), 폐암 29명(18.1%), 간암 29명(18.1%), 췌장암 10명(6.2%), 대장암 9명(5.6%), 자궁경부암 6명(3.7%), 유방암 5명(3.1%)의 순이었다. 3) 160명 중 125명(78.13%)이 통증을 호소했고 진통제를 투여받은 환자는 내과계 103명중 66명(64.08%), 외과계 57명 중 31명(54.39%)이었다. 97명 중 50명(51.55%)에서 경고, 투여가 가능했다. 4) 임종 24시간 전에 86명(53.75%)에서 의식이 명료했다. 5) 규칙적으로 투여된 진통제의 종류는 경구용 모핀이 34명(내과계 24명, 외과계 10명)으로 제일 많았고, 주사용 모르핀이 26명(내과계 20명, 외과계 6명), 경구용 코데인이 8명 (내과 5명, 외과 3명)의 순이었다. 비정기적으로 통증조절을 위해 투여된 약물로는 주사용 모르핀이 16회, 데메롤 근주가 12회, nubain 근주가 9회의 순이었다. 6) 규칙적으로 투여된 진통제의 평균량은 내과계에서 115.41 OME에서 외과계 52.7 OME 보다 많았으나(P<0.05), 환자 요구시마다 투여된(p.r.n.) 진통제의 양은 외과계가 66.64 OME 로서 내과계 23.49 OME 보다 유의하게 많았다(P<0.01). 7) 통증호소시에 투여한 진통제의 횟수에 있어서도 내과계 평균은 0.62회, 외과계는 1.88로 유의한 차이가 있었다(P<0.001). 8) 보조진통제의 사용은 내과계에서 57명(55.34%), 외과계에서 25명(43.86%)이 사용했다. 결론 : 임종 24시간 전에 과반수 이상이 의식이 명료했으며 내과의사가 외과의사보다 적극적으로 통증조절을 하고 있으나 많은 의사들이 규칙적인 통증조절보다는 비정기적인 투약과 진통제의 비경구투여를 선호하였다.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.179-185
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• 1991

We investigated the effect of oral analgesics for patients with cancer pain, retrospectively. One hundred forty six cases were randomly selected during the period between 1986 to 1990. These patients were treated with Tramadol (n=31), Tylenol III(Acetaminophen plus codein phosphate, n=44) or MS-Contin (n=71). partial to complete pain relief as achieved accord to each durg group at 67.8, 68.2 and 76.1% respectively. Minimal side effects were noted in a few patients. Our results show encouraging possibilities for pain control in cancer patients. However, futher studies should be done to find more effective cancer pain management by oral analgesics.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.74-80
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• 1998

Background: Myprodol, a newly introduced combination analgesics with codeine, ibuprofen and paracetamol was evaluated in the dental surgery patients for its efficacy and side effects. Methods: Total 60 ASA I or II outpatients dental surgical patients were randomly assigned into three groups(n=20 each). After various oral procedures, one of three oral analgesics, myprodol, ibuprofen or codeine, was prescribed to each patients in double blind fashion for three days. Each patient was followed carefully by daily phone calls for verbal analog pain scale, side effects and patient's satisfaction level. Results: Demographic data and duration of surgery revealed no statistical differences in all three groups. Myprodol group showed better verbal analgesic scores consistently for the study period than ibuprofen or codeine group. Adverse effects were minimal. Patients' satisfaction level was high in all three groups. Conclusion: We conclude that myprodol is an excellent oral analgesic for day-surgery based dental procedure patients. This effect appears to be synergistic among different analgesics rather than additive.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2000

Chronic headache is one of the most common symptoms of outpatients. There are many approaches to treat chronic headache, but it is difficult to be resolved completely. So analgesics-addicted patients are increased in numbers. Acupuncture and ear-acupuncture have been used for relief headache. But it is not sufficient to compare the effect of acupuncture on several chronic headache groups. Thus we investigate the effect of acupuncture and ear-acupuncture on several chronic headache groups and analgesics-abused groups. We researched 36 patients who were treated at Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Kyung Hee Medical Center from August 1998 to July 1999. The chronic headache patients were classified into tension-type headache group, migraine group and unclassified headache group by Guide of IHS. Each group was treated with acupuncture and ear-acupuncture. The effect was assessed through questionnaires and self-rating headache index.

• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.41-51
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• 2007

Purpose: This research studied the nurses' knowledge and attitude about pain management. Method: The research subjects were 465 nurses working at three university hospitals in Seoul and at one university hospital in Kyunggi-do. The survey results were collected between October 13 and 21 in 2004. Result: The overall mean score of correct answers on knowledge about pain management was 73.34, general knowledge 71.08, and cancer pain control was 93.93. Similarly, the mean score of correct answers on knowledge about the classification of analgesics was 75.89, while the knowledge of their use was only 52.48. The overall characteristics related to the degree of the nurses' knowledge about pain management were their educational background and their experiences of pain education. In a similar view, the overall characteristics related to the knowledge about the classification of analgesics were age and religion. Likewise, the use of analgesics was related to field of service and the experience of pain education. Finally, the overall characteristics related to the nurse's attitude toward pain management were their field of service and their position. Conclusion: The results of this study could be useful to institutions involved in the education and application of patient pain management.