Status:

COMPLETED

Predictors of Postoperative Pain

Lead Sponsor:

American University of Beirut Medical Center

Conditions:

Postoperative Pain

Eligibility:

FEMALE

35-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to prove that pain scores generated from painful stimuli applied preoperatively may help identify the inter-individual variability in pain perception.

Detailed Description

Psychological factors and experimental pain models such as as electrical, pressure, heat, or cold stimuli have been identified as predictors of pain intensity and opioid consumption postoperatively. T...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomy through a pfannenstiel incision
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)Class I-III

Exclusion

  • Patients with a history of psychiatric disease
  • Diabetic or alcoholic patients who may have impaired sensation due peripheral neuropathies
  • chronic opioid or nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug use
  • chronic pain conditions

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2012

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01449318

Start Date

July 1 2012

End Date

March 1 2014

Last Update

May 16 2014

Active Locations (2)

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American Unversity of Beirut Medical Center

Beirut, Lebanon

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AUBMC

Beirut, Lebanon