Preoperative education with image illustrations enhances the effect of tetracaine mucilage in alleviating postoperative catheter-related bladder discomfort: a prospective, randomized, controlled study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Catheter-related bladder discomfort (CRBD), secondary to catheterization of urinary bladder is distressing. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of preoperative education on CRBD with image illustration for alleviating CRBD.

Methods

Sixty adult male patients, undergoing elective colonal and rectal surgery, were randomized to receive tetracaine mucilage instilled into the urethra and applied to the catheter (tetracain group), or receive tetracaine mucilage in combination with image illustration on CRBD (image group) before urethral catheterization. The incidence and severity of CRBD were assessed at 0.5, 1, 2, and 6 h after patients' extubation. The severity of postoperative pain, incidence of postoperative agitation and other adverse events were also r

SUBMITTER: Zhou L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6303915 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature