A review of the acute pain service in Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
This study is a review of the Acute Pain Service in Hospital Kuala Lumpur for the years 1998 to 2001. 5042 records from post-operative patients were analysed. The majority of patients (81.8%) had satisfactory pain control. Eighty-two percent of patients experienced only mild pain at rest on the first post-operative day. The highest pain score occurred on the first day in 68.3% of patients. Nausea or vomiting occurred in 23.2% of the patients. Eight patients had respiratory depression. The low pain scores recorded by most patients and the low incidence of side effects reflect the efficiency of the service provided.
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Anaesthesiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra, Malaysia.
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Lim
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Inbasegaran
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000698:Analgesia / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies