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Perioperative Pain Management of Pediatric Appendectomy Patients

NCT02580487 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 178

Last updated 2015-10-20

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Summary

Acute appendicitis is the most common illness that brings pediatric patients to the hospital for surgical treatment. Abdominal pain is the symptom because of which the patients go to the hospital. Some patients have severe pain and need analgesics before the final diagnosis and before surgery. After surgery most patient experience pain and at least 80 % of the patients need postoperative pain medication. For two decades there has been a clinical guideline for pain management in Kuopio University Hospital (KUH). The investigators aim was to evaluate how well the pain management for pediatric patient works in clinical practice.

Conditions

  • Appendicitis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

appendicectomy

Appendix was removed either laparoscopically or open surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kuopio University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2015-09-30
Completion
2015-10-31

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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