Incidência de infecção em pacientes com cateter peridural tunelizado
The tunneled epidural catheter as an administration access for opiates has been used since the beginning of 1980. Patients with chronic pain, who does not get relief with medication through other accesses are benefited with infusion of opiate associated to a local anesthetic through epidural access....
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2005 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) |
| Repositório: | Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP |
| Idioma: | português |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/2483 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-71672005000200004 http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/2483 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Analgesia Analgesia, epidural Infection Analgesia epidural Infecção |
| Resumo: | The tunneled epidural catheter as an administration access for opiates has been used since the beginning of 1980. Patients with chronic pain, who does not get relief with medication through other accesses are benefited with infusion of opiate associated to a local anesthetic through epidural access. However, there are still doubts on the efficacy of the method in the handling and, consequently, over the risk for infection and other complications. As nursing is fundamental to make effective the relieve pain treatment, this study proposes to demonstrate how to keep safe the technique. Twenty-seven patients with chronic pain using epidural catheter for 18 days were followed between 2002 and 2004. Catheters were implanted in thoracic or lumbar level. No complications like epidural abscess, meningitis our epidural haematoma were observed. Patients' satisfaction related to analgesia was evident. |
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