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Postoperative Pain Case Study

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The pharmacological principles focus on the management of postoperative pain over the use of the analgesic leader of the World Health Organization (WHO) (1996), which was originally developed for the treatment of pain in palliative care. When used to administer acute postoperative pam, instead of starting at the bottom of the analgesic ladder (as in palliative medicine), it can be used from top to down, starting with analgesics drugs based on strong opioids such as morphine (Schechter, 2003).
Administration of non-opioid analgesics, such as aspirin and paracetamol deal with the acute management of pain whereas Morphine is the opioid most commonly prescribed for the relief of postoperative pain seriously. It is safe and effective and has minimal …show more content…

As a rule, a combination of pharmacological interventions and comfort measures to effectively relieve the patient's pain. Comfort therapy focuses on different strategies, and some psychological some physical which may provide the relief for the patient (D'Arcy, 2011). Reassurance as a means of reducing anxiety is important for all patients with regard to surgery. It is important to remember that for most patients, surgery is not a routine event and the level of explanation and required insurance may vary. This can also be linked with the need to educate patients about what to do if they have unacceptable …show more content…

According to the patient history and present complaints, the second assessment tool would be to identify the key factors of the pain existing, which includes the identification of the site of pain, the intensity of pain, the preference method of how patient feels relieved along with the with the elaboration of feeling of mild, moderate or high, if a nonverbal behavior is shown by the patient it can be assessed by using the pain chart and telling the patient to rate her pain severity. According to her response due to her post-operative condition of appedicectomy all her responses will be assessed from her communication behaviors to the facial expressions, body language and physiological changes, these changes indicate the severity of the pain and the effects it has on the patient. Antiemetic along with intermediate acting analgesics can be prescribed. Comforting the patient that this is a normal trait that occurs after the surgery and the pain will stop after the wound is healed will provide her with moral support in her therapy, the comfort measure is utilized here to as a vital approach (William,

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