Thermal Quantitative Sensory Testing to Predict Postoperative Pain Outcomes Following Gynecologic Surgery
Thermal Quantitative Sensory Testing to Predict Postoperative Pain Outcomes Following Gynecologic Surgery
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DOI:
10.1111/pme.12374
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发表时间:
2014-05-01
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影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
McCarthy, Robert J.
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作者:
Ahmad, Shireen;De Oliveira, Gildasio S., Jr.;McCarthy, Robert J.
ObjectiveTo evaluate the relationship of preoperative thermal quantitative sensory testing (QST) values with postoperative pain and opiate consumption in opiate-naive patients following gynecologic surgery.DesignSingle blind observational study.SettingsSurgical center of an academic medical center.MethodsQST was performed preoperatively on 124 opioid-naive patients. Pain outcomes were assessed on arrival to the post-anesthesia care unit and at 6 hourly intervals for 24 hours. Subjects were reclassified to three groups: Group 1 had a heat pain threshold above and a cold pain threshold below the median; Group 2 had either a heat pain threshold below or a cold pain threshold above the median; Group 3 had a heat pain threshold below and a cold pain threshold above the median. The primary outcome measure was the 24-hour morphine consumption.ResultsOne hundred twenty subjects were evaluated. Median (interquartile range) warm and cold pain thresholds were 44.8 (42.4-46.9)degrees C and 10.5 (3.2-19.0)degrees C, respectively. Heat pain thresholds demonstrated a negative (rho=-0.23, P=0.01) and cold thresholds a positive correlation (rho=0.21, P=0.02) with 24-hour morphine consumption. Median morphine consumption was 19 (2-33) mg (P=0.004) equivalents greater in subjects (N=46) with heat pain thresholds 10 degrees C than subjects with heat pain thresholds >45 degrees C and cold pain thresholds