Effect of preoperative anxiety level on postoperative pain, analgesic consumption in patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: an observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Backgraund

This prospective observational cohort study aimed to investigate the relationship between preoperative anxiety levels and postoperative pain and analgesic requirement in patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

Methods

Forty two female patients with body mass index ≥ 35, who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for treatment of obesity were included in the study. Spielberger's state and trait anxiety scales were used in this study. Demographic data of the patients, anesthetic and analgesic drugs during the surgery, pain levels measured with verbal analog scale at the postoperative 1^st, 4^th, 12^th, and 24^th hour, sedation levels measured with the Ramsay sedation scale, and the amount of analgesic consumed

SUBMITTER: Pekcan YO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9801190 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature