Postoperative Headache in Elective Surgery Patients
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A dedicated team interviewed patients preoperatively and during the first five postoperative days and collected data regarding medical history, surgery, anaesthesia and the presence of postoperative headache by manual record review. The frequency of preoperative headache was assessed by asking the subjects on the appearance or not of headache within the last year. Additional information were obtained to distinguish migraine which was deemed present only when the participants reported two or more of the following specific symptoms supporting this diagnosis as proposed by the International Headache Society; episodic headache (4-72 hours) with the following features: moderate or severe throbbing pain, worsened by movement, associated with nausea/vomiting, photophobia or phonophobia, with or without visual aura.
Specifically, preoperative data included patients' demographics, marital status, life-style and habits, as caffeine consumption (>200 mg/day or >2 cups of coffee/day), alcohol (drink equivalent > 15ml absolute alcohol) and tobacco consumption, previous experience or/and family history of headache. Intraoperative data included the type of anaesthesia (general, regional anaesthesia or their combination); anaesthetic drugs used; type and duration of surgery; intraoperative patients' position; and intraoperative adverse events including hypotension (decrease >20% from baseline), hypertension (increase >20% from baseline), hypercarbia (PaCO2 >6 kPa) and hypoxia (SpO2 <90%). Noticeably, the choice of anaesthetic technique and postoperative management were determined by the engaged anaesthesiologist.
Postoperative headache was defined as a dichotomous variable (i.e. present or not present) by asking the participants twice daily for the first five days (or less if discharged earlier) after anaesthesia and surgery.
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Verificado por última vez: | 10/31/2015 |
Primero enviado: | 02/23/2015 |
Inscripción estimada enviada: | 02/25/2015 |
Publicado por primera vez: | 02/26/2015 |
Última actualización enviada: | 11/28/2015 |
Última actualización publicada: | 12/31/2015 |
Fecha de los primeros resultados enviados: | 06/27/2015 |
Fecha de los primeros resultados de CC enviados: | 11/28/2015 |
Fecha de los primeros resultados publicados: | 12/31/2015 |
Fecha de inicio real del estudio: | 08/31/2008 |
Fecha estimada de finalización primaria: | 02/28/2009 |
Fecha estimada de finalización del estudio: | 02/28/2009 |
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Criterio de elegibilidad
Edades elegibles para estudiar | 18 Years A 18 Years |
Sexos elegibles para estudiar | All |
Método de muestreo | Non-Probability Sample |
Acepta voluntarios saludables | si |
Criterios | Inclusion Criteria: - all adult patients admitted in our hospital for elective general, orthopaedic, gynaecologic, ENT(ear nose and throat) and vascular procedures Exclusion Criteria: - patient refusal - age under 18 years - cognitive dysfunction - head trauma or neurological disorders - difficulty with language comprehension or any other inability to communicate verbally with the interviewer. |
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Medidas de resultado primarias
1. Frequency of Postoperative Headache in Elective Surgery Patients [6 months]
Medidas de resultado secundarias
1. Factors Associated With Postoperative Headache [6 months]