NCT03496194|Completed
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Sponsor study identifier
observational
42
1 country
1
Study Start
April 13, 2018
Actual (reported)Primary Completion
May 5, 2018
Actual (reported)Study Completion
June 6, 2018
Actual (reported)This study aims to investigate the current organization and management of postoperative pain in Denmark, especially for invasive pain treatment modalities (epidural infusions, PCA and regional blocks), in a national survey covering the activities in Danish Hospitals. This study is an electronic questionnaire survey, that aim to describe and map the foundation for future developments within, and improvement of, postoperative pain management.
Registry-reported information. Elapsed time and enrollment totals alone do not measure study progress or recruitment pace.
June 6, 2018
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Dates and qualifiers reported by the registry. Estimated dates do not confirm that a milestone has occurred.
March 15, 2018
Actual (reported)April 12, 2018
Actual (reported)April 13, 2018
Actual (reported)May 5, 2018
Actual (reported)June 6, 2018
Actual (reported)Proportion of hospitals, with a department of anesthesia, providing postoperative monitoring of epidural analgesia on postoperative day (POD) one.
The respondent will answer the question: "What invasive pain treatments are routinely inspected by the department of anesthesia" and choose from a list of options: "No", "Yes 1. POD", "Yes 2. POD", "Yes 3. POD" or "other": the respondent will specify.
From april 15th to may 1st 2018.
Size of hospital (number of beds)
From april 15th to may 1st 2018.
Number of Post Anesthesia Care Units (PACU)
From april 15th to may 1st 2018.
Size of PACU (number of beds)
From april 15th to may 1st 2018.
Availability of a well defined acute pain unit with connected personnel
From april 15th to may 1st 2018.
Availability of a chronical pain unit/pain clinic
From april 15th to may 1st 2018.
The chief physician of PACUs at all Danish Anaesthesia departments will receive electronic survey on postoperative pain treatment
Chief physicians for the postoperative care unit (PACU) at all Danish Departments of Anaesthesia
Centre for Anaesthesiological Research (CAR)
Køge, 4600, Denmark
Apfelbaum JL, Chen C, Mehta SS, Gan TJ. Postoperative pain experience: results from a national survey suggest postoperative pain continues to be undermanaged. Anesth Analg. 2003 Aug;97(2):534-540. doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000068822.10113.9E.
Mathiesen O, Thomsen BA, Kitter B, Dahl JB, Kehlet H. Need for improved treatment of postoperative pain. Dan Med J. 2012 Apr;59(4):A4401.
White PF, Kehlet H. Improving postoperative pain management: what are the unresolved issues? Anesthesiology. 2010 Jan;112(1):220-5. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181c6316e. No abstract available.
Laura S Kruuse, Med.Student
Centre for Anaesthesiological research (CAR)
42 participants (actual enrollment reported by the registry).
First Submitted
March 15, 2018
First Posted
April 12, 2018
Study Start
April 13, 2018
Actual (reported)Transmuscular Quadratus Lumborum Block for Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy.
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Ready LB, Oden R, Chadwick HS, Benedetti C, Rooke GA, Caplan R, Wild LM. Development of an anesthesiology-based postoperative pain management service. Anesthesiology. 1988 Jan;68(1):100-6. doi: 10.1097/00000542-198801000-00016. No abstract available.
Nielsen PR, Christensen PA, Meyhoff CS, Werner MU. Post-operative pain treatment in Denmark from 2000 to 2009: a nationwide sequential survey on organizational aspects. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2012 Jul;56(6):686-94. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2012.02662.x. Epub 2012 Mar 5.
Rawal N. Current issues in postoperative pain management. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2016 Mar;33(3):160-71. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000366.
Rawal N. Epidural technique for postoperative pain: gold standard no more? Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2012 May-Jun;37(3):310-7. doi: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e31825735c6.
Burstal R, Wegener F, Hayes C, Lantry G. Epidural analgesia: prospective audit of 1062 patients. Anaesth Intensive Care. 1998 Apr;26(2):165-72. doi: 10.1177/0310057X9802600206.
Breivik H, Norum HM. [Regional analgesia--risks and benefits]. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2010 Feb 25;130(4):392-7. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.08.0220. Norwegian.
Golster M. Seven years of patient-controlled epidural analgesia in a Swedish hospital: a prospective survey. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2014 Nov;31(11):589-96. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000105.
Duncan F. Prospective observational study of postoperative epidural analgesia for major abdominal surgery. J Clin Nurs. 2011 Jul;20(13-14):1870-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03752.x. Epub 2011 May 25.
Primary Completion
May 5, 2018
Actual (reported)Study Completion
June 6, 2018
Actual (reported)Last Updated
November 18, 2021
Record last verified: 2018-04
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