Nurse evaluation of a pain medication protocol in a selective postoperative population.
Postoperative pain in 33 patients who underwent radical prostatectomy was managed by an intramuscular nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug protocol rather than by administration of narcotics. Patients rated their perception of pain with a visual analog scale on the first postoperative day both before and after receiving ketorolac tromethamine. The medication was effective in relieving pain after this major operation. Costs were approximately one half that of the traditional narcotic protocol used before this study.
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Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016527:Drug Costs; D006801:Humans; D020911:Ketorolac Tromethamine; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D014046:Tolmetin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014325:Tromethamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D014325:Tromethamine; D020911:Ketorolac Tromethamine; D014046:Tolmetin