Interventional procedures for cancer pain management.
Einstein (Sao Paulo)
; 10(3): 292-5, 2012.
Article
in En, Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23386006
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To describe types of interventional medical procedures its rationale use and benefits for a population with cancer assisted at a private hospital in São Paulo.METHODS:
Quantitative and descriptive cross-sectional study using data from patients submitted to interventional procedures between 2007 and 2008. We used descriptive and inferential statistics (frequency, mean, and t-test) to analyze data.RESULTS:
A total of 137 patients were submitted to interventional procedures for pain and, out of this total, 14 mentioned cancer-related pain. The mean pain intensity was 7.1 before the procedure and 1.3 after it. Reduction in pain intensity was statistically significant in this population (t=9.09; p=0.001). In almost 70% of patients (n=10) a reduction of 50% of the consumption of opioid a month after the procedure was realized.CONCLUSION:
These results are in accordance with the literature and support the efficacy of interventional procedures for several types of cancer pain.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pain
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Pain Management
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Analgesics
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Neoplasms
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
En
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Pt
Journal:
Einstein (Sao Paulo)
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article
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