Contribution of pain to inspiratory muscle dysfunction after upper abdominal surgery : A randomized controlled trial

• Published in: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine Vol. 161; no. 4; pp. 1372 - 1375
• Main Authors: VASSILAKOPOULOS, T, MASTORA, Z, KATSAOUNOU, P, DOUKAS, G, KLIMOPOULOS, S, ROUSSOS, C, ZAKYNTHINOS, S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY American Lung Association 01.04.2000
• Subjects: Abdomen - surgery; Analgesics, Opioid - therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; Double-Blind Method; Elective Surgical Procedures; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Meperidine - therapeutic use; Middle Aged; Pain Measurement; Pain, Postoperative - drug therapy; Pain, Postoperative - physiopathology; Respiratory Muscles - physiopathology; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the respiratory system; Human; Postoperative; Inspiration; Iatrogenic; Respiratory disease; Upper extremity; Abdomen; Striated muscle disease; Pain; Dysfunction; Surgery; Complication; Muscle

Upper abdominal surgery causes respiratory muscle dysfunction. Multiple factors have been implicated in the occurrence of such dysfunction; however, the role of pain remains unclear. To elucidate the role of pain, we studied 50 patients undergoing elective upper abdominal surgery in a randomized, co...