• 대한간호학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.304-314
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• 2001

Major purposes of this study were to investigate the administration patterns of analgesics and sedatives in SICU and to identify the factors influencing the use of prn analgesics and sedatives by ICU nurses. The sample of this descriptive study was 50 adult patients in SICU and 53 ICU nurses. Patient's medical records were reviewed to investigate names, doses, the routes of administration, the interval of administration, and the type of prescription of sedatives and analgesics administered. Study medications were narcotics, hypnotics, and antipsychotics. To identify the factors influencing the use of prn analgesics and sedatives, 53 ICU nurses checked 9 items, and rank them from first to fifth. The selection of items was based on the previous studies and the experience of the investigator. The results of the study are as follows: 1. The mean age of the subjects was 53 years, 24 patients out of 50 subjects had received mechanical ventilation therapy. Most of the patients received neurosurgeries and abdominal surgeries. 2. For 4 days, 13 total study medications and combination of these were administered to the patients. Commonly prescribed drugs were Ketoprofen and Midazolam. Twenty six to fourty two percent of the patients did not receive any drugs for at least one day during the four days. 3. On the average, the study drugs were administerd 1.4 to 2.6 times per day during 4 days. 4. More than 50 percent of the prescription was as-needed (prn) except those of the POD 3. Fourteen percent of the patients did not have any prescription for sedation and pain control after surgery. 5. Examination of the frequency of sedatives and analgesics bolus administration revealed that a greater number of doses were given during daytime (from 7 am. to 7 pm.) than nighttime (from 7 pm. to 7 am.). The difference was significant at Alpha, .05. 6. First factor that most influenced nurses to administer sedatives and analgesics for intubated patients was the evaluation of patient's vital signs (51%). For non- intubated patients, the factors that nurses considered important were the patients' complaints of pain (64%) and evaluations of patients' vital signs (23%). In conclusion, the results of this study indicate that patients in SICU might not receive enough analgesics and sedatives to feel completely free from pain during the post operational period. Future study should be focused on the evaluation of the adequacy of current practice for pain and anxiety control in terms of the SICU patient's response.

• 정신신체의학
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.120-128
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• 2017

연구목적 섬망의 증상을 조절하기위해 일반적으로 항정신병약물이 사용되지만, 투약 기간 및 용법과 같은 처방 양상과 환자의 임상 경과 사이의 연관성에 대한 연구는 아직 부족한 상태이다. 이 연구를 통해 섬망을 경험한 환자에서 항정신병약물의 처방 양상에 따라 임상 경과에 차이가 있는지 확인하고자 하였다. 방 법 서울의 일 종합병원에서 섬망으로 자문조정이 의뢰된 입원 환자 중 2016년 7월부터 2017년 2월까지 퇴원한 212명을 대상으로 하였다. 환자의 전자의무기록을 후향적으로 검토하여 입원 기간, 사망, 인구통계학적 자료 및 임상적 요인을 조사하였고, CAM-ICU를 통해 섬망 지속 기간을 측정하였다. 항정신병약물의 처방 유형에 따라 지속투약군, 최적투약군, 필요투약군으로 나누어 임상 경과를 비교하였다. 결 과 항정신병약물을 섬망 회복 후에도 지속적으로 투약 받은 지속투약군은 섬망 증상이 있는 기간에만 투약 받은 최적투약에 비하여 입원 기간 및 섬망 이환기간에 유의한 차이가 없었으며, 퇴원시 불필요한 항정신병약물 처방을 받은 비율이 높았다. 섬망 이환기간에 비해 짧은 기간 항정신병약물을 사용한 필요투약군은 다른 두 군에 비해 섬망 이환기간이 길고 사망률이 높았다. 결 론 이 연구의 결과는 섬망 이환기간에만 항정신병약물을 투여하는 것이 적절함을 시사한다. 또한 섬망이 회복된 후에 불필요하게 항정신병약물이 처방되는 것을 최소화하기위한 정신건강의학과 자문의의 적극적인 개입이 필요하겠다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.4077-4082
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• 2013

The purpose of this descriptive and comparative study was to examine gender differences relevant to pain intensity, opioid prescription patterns and opioid consumption in Taiwanese oncology outpatients. The 92 participants had been prescribed opioid analgesics for cancer-related pain at least once in the past week and were asked to complete the Brief Pain Inventory - Chinese questionnaire and to recall the dosage of each opioid analgesic that they had ingested within the previous 24 hours. For opioid prescriptions and consumption, all analgesics were converted to morphine equivalents. The results revealed a significant difference between males and female minimum pain thresholds (t = 2.38, p = 0.02) and current pain thresholds (t = 2.12, p = 0.04), with males reporting a higher intensity of pain than females. In addition, this study found that males tended to use prescribed opioid analgesics more frequently than females on the bases of both around the clock (ATC) (t = 1.90, p = 0.06) and ATC plus as needed (ATC + PRN) (t = 2.33, p = 0.02). However, there was no difference between males and females in opioid prescriptions on an ATC basis (t = 0.52, p = 0.60) or at an ATC + PRN basis (t = 0.40, p = 0.69). The results suggest that there may be a gender bias in the treatment of cancer pain, supporting the proposal of routine examination of the effect of gender on cancer pain management. These findings suggest that clinicians should be particularly aware of potential gender differences during pain monitoring and the consumption of prescribed opioid analgesics.