Postoperative pain is undertreated: results from a local survey at Jordan university hospital

Postoperative pain is undertreated: results from a local survey at Jordan University Hospital.

Postoperative pain management is nowadays considered an integral part of modern surgical practice. An audit was made in 2010 to assess the status of acute postoperative pain management at Jordan University Hospital. Data were collected from patients' files and through face-to-face interviews of all patients aged over 16 years who underwent general, gynaecological, ear-nose-throat and orthopaedi...

Postoperative pain--underestimated and undertreated.

Maxillofacial injuries at Jordan University Hospital.

In the Jordanian Society many factors contributed to the occurrence of maxillofacial injuries. Analysis of 131 cases of maxillofacial injuries indicated higher involvement of males. The most susceptible age group was 0-5 years; mandibular fractures were commoner than those of the middle third of the face. In Jordan the incidence of violence is less frequent than that of road traffic accidents. ...

Postoperative pain experience: results from a national survey suggest postoperative pain continues to be undermanaged.

UNLABELLED Postoperative pain can have a significant effect on patient recovery. An understanding of patient attitudes and concerns about postoperative pain is important for identifying ways health care professionals can improve postoperative care. To assess patients' postoperative pain experience and the status of acute pain management, we conducted a national study by using telephone question...

Keratoconus patients at Jordan University Hospital: a descriptive study

PURPOSE To study a sample of keratoconus patients, who were referred to Jordan University Hospital for possible penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), and provide basic epidemiological analysis. METHOD A descriptive study; we reviewed the medical records of 308 keratoconus patients referred for possible PKP. The following parameters were collected and analyzed: sex predilection, age at presentation,...