A survey of perioperative pain treatment and management in China
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-1416.2017.12.001
- VernacularTitle:我国围术期疼痛治疗及管理现状调查
- Author:
Qingfen ZHANG
1
;
Ran ZHANG
;
Miao HE
;
Haiyan AN
;
Yi FENG
;
Yuguang HUANG
Author Information
1. 100044,北京大学人民医院麻醉科
- Keywords:
Questionnaires;
Analgesia
- From:
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology
2017;37(12):1409-1413
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the current situation of perioperative pain treatment and management using questionnaire survey.Methods A questionnaire was designed by ourselves and sent to anesthesiologists in each hospital all over China via the WeChat platform within 1 month.The system automatically recorded the situation of questionnaires.Results A total of 8 447 anesthesiologists involved in the investigation,the number of valid questionnaires retrieved was 6 778,anesthesiologists in the survey came from 847 hospitals in China,distributing across China 31 provinces and cities,and there were 526 tertiary hospitals (62.1%) and 321 hospitals under tertiary grade (37.9%).Among the medication for perioperative analgesia (not including medication for anesthesia),the following analgesics (applied alone or in combination) were used by anesthesiologists,and the application rate was as follows:opioids 79.74%,nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs 53.78%,paracetamol 25.76%,local analgesics for analgesia (for nerve blockade) 25.44%,other drugs (such as ketamine,gabapentin) 12.39%;combination of two or more drugs 63.65%.Six hundred forty-nine hospitals (76.6%) carried out therapy with analgesic pump after operation,and the constituent ratio of hospitals using patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump was 43.8%.Four hundred seventy-five hospitals (56.1%) established Acute Pain Service (APS),the organizing rate of APS was significantly higher in tertiary hospitals than in hospitals under tertiary grade (P< 0.01),and the majority of APS personnel was anesthesiologists (72.4%).Conclusion Multimodal analgesia and PCA technique are not widely adopted and the requirement for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and nerve blockade is lower in perioperative pain treatment in China;analgesic pump is widely used after operation,but the application rate of PCA technique is not high;APS establishment is relatively weak in pain management and anesthesiologists play a leading role in APS.