Search for dissertations about: "post-operative pain"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 swedish dissertations containing the words post-operative pain.

2. 1. Post-operative pain management practice : Current situation and challenges within nursing practice in a Thai context

   Author : Manaporn Chatchumni; Henrik Eriksson; Monir Mazaheri; Ampaporn Namvongprom; Kenneth Asplund; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Culture of nursing; Nursing in pain management; Pain assessment; Perception of pain; Pain management; Pain post-operative; Care Sciences; vårdvetenskap;

   Abstract : Patients’ recovery after surgery is one of the most important health processes in planned hospital healthcare and has a direct impact on welfare and welfare systems. Therefore, what nurses do in the im­mediate postoperative period is of vital importance. READ MORE

4. 2. Opioid reducing strategies in post-operative pain management

   Author : Mariann Legeby; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Adequate pain treatment is motivated by humanitarian grounds. It also seeks to reduce morbidity, improve recovery and diminish risks of persistent postoperative pain. The present Study I evaluates patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) against conventional nurse-administered opioid therapy. READ MORE

5. 3. Anterior cruciate ligament injury. Results after reconstruction in terms of function, postoperative pain and kinematics

   Author : Sveinbjörn Brandsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Anterior cruciate ligament; reconstruction; bone-patellar tendon-bone graft; post-operative pain; morphine; pain reduction; kinematics; radiostereometric analysis; RSA.;

   Abstract : The aim of this study was to evaluate the functional and objective outcome after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using bone-patellar tendon-bone grafts. Other main objectives were to evaluate postoperative pain, pain reduction and knee kinematics after anterior cruciate ligament injury and reconstruction. READ MORE

6. 4. Women's experience of pain and pain relief in assisted reproductive technology

   Author : Ann-Louise Gejervall; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : oocyte retrieval; pain relief; randomized controlled trial; pain; fertilization rate; embryo development; Visual Analogue Scale;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to evaluate and compare different methods for pain relief during oocyte retrieval and to study women’s expectations and experiences of pain during oocyte retrieval in conjunction with in vitro fertilization. Paper I, an open prospective randomized controlled trial, including 160 women had the primary aims of comparing the pain relieving effects of electro-acupuncture and conventional analgesia, comprising opiates, in conjunction with oocyte retrieval, and to compare post-operative well-being between groups. READ MORE

7. 5. Aspects on the use of slowly degradable mesh in inguinal hernia surgery

   Author : Fernando Ruiz-Jasbon; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; slowly degradable mesh; inguinal hernia; chronic post-operative pain; hernia recurrence; ex-vivo model;

   Abstract : Background: Synthetic non-degradable mesh used in inguinal hernia surgery can cause chronic inflammation, which in turn can lead to chronic post-operative pain (CPP). Theoretically, a degradable mesh could reduce the risk of chronic pain. READ MORE