Valoración del dolor postquirúrgico en niños/niñas de 2 – 10 años en la sala de recuperación postoperatoria y hospitalización en el Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso durante el período mayo– agosto 2013

Abstract

Antecedents: The pain in the pediatric patient has been assessed and reassessed as yet not established an adequate correlation between new concepts of pain perception with proper assessment, diagnosis and management of the problem (1).

Methods: The present study is descriptive, which we value in less postoperative pain between 2 and 10 years depending on the visual analog scale (VAS ) and the scale of OUCHER in children under 3 years from May to August 2013. For analyzes were used statistical programs such as SPSS and EXCEL 2010. There were 281 elective surgeries in the Hospital "Vicente Corral Moscoso", but were study 264 cases.

Results: In the study, the prevalence of postoperative pain was 44.3 %. The age group between 8 and 10 years, female gender and surgeries for trauma and burns are those with lower pain tolerance. The analgesic AINEs are the most used with 57.5 %, followed by opioides, such as Tramadol in 33.5 %. The combined analgesic therapy was present in 44.7 % of cases.

Conclusions: There is a high prevalence of pediatric postoperative pain in our midst.

KEYWORDS: POSTQUIRURGICAL, PAIN, CHILDREN. CUENCA- ECUADOR, VICENTE CORRAL MOSCOSO HOSPITAL.