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The Effect of Ice Cream Intake on Pain Relief for Patients After Tonsillectomy

Introduction The post-tonsillectomy pain can lead to a decrease in fluid and food intake, followed by dehydration, which can slow down the repair process and make pain control harder. Different groups of analgesics have their own side effects. Therefore, the consideration of non-pharmacological ways...

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Autores principales: Albeladi, Majid A, Salamah, Marzouqi A, Alhussaini, Rayan
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7417068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32789040
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9092
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Salamah, Marzouqi A
Alhussaini, Rayan
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description Introduction The post-tonsillectomy pain can lead to a decrease in fluid and food intake, followed by dehydration, which can slow down the repair process and make pain control harder. Different groups of analgesics have their own side effects. Therefore, the consideration of non-pharmacological ways to control pain can be of great value such as ice cream and other cold drinks. Aim The purpose behind this study is to assess whether the use of ice cream after tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy in children reduces pain in the immediate postoperative period, as well as to compare the effect of ice cream and diet at room temperature on post-tonsillectomy pain in children. Materials and methods Each patient’s post-operative pain was evaluated and assessed by nursing staff prior to discharge using two reliable pain scale: FLACC scale (F: Face, L: Legs, A: Activity, C: Cry, C: Consolability) for patient less than seven years and Wong Baker pain scale (Face 0, very happy because he doesn’t hurt, Face 1, hurts a little bit, Face 2, hurts a little more, Face 3, hurts even more, Face 4, hurts a whole lot, Face 5, hurts as much as you can imagine, although you do not have to be crying to fell this bad) for patient more than seven years. Results The ice cream intake is significantly associated with having no pain (p-value 0.014). In univariate regression, compared to preschool, school-aged children have significant effect with the ice cream intake postoperatively (OR = 0.286, p-value 0.039) while sex and instrument used to assess pain score were having no significant effect with the ice cream intake postoperatively. Conclusion Further research is needed in order to validate the effectivity of ice cream intakes after tonsillectomy in our region.
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spelling pubmed-74170682020-08-11 The Effect of Ice Cream Intake on Pain Relief for Patients After Tonsillectomy Albeladi, Majid A Salamah, Marzouqi A Alhussaini, Rayan Cureus Otolaryngology Introduction The post-tonsillectomy pain can lead to a decrease in fluid and food intake, followed by dehydration, which can slow down the repair process and make pain control harder. Different groups of analgesics have their own side effects. Therefore, the consideration of non-pharmacological ways to control pain can be of great value such as ice cream and other cold drinks. Aim The purpose behind this study is to assess whether the use of ice cream after tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy in children reduces pain in the immediate postoperative period, as well as to compare the effect of ice cream and diet at room temperature on post-tonsillectomy pain in children. Materials and methods Each patient’s post-operative pain was evaluated and assessed by nursing staff prior to discharge using two reliable pain scale: FLACC scale (F: Face, L: Legs, A: Activity, C: Cry, C: Consolability) for patient less than seven years and Wong Baker pain scale (Face 0, very happy because he doesn’t hurt, Face 1, hurts a little bit, Face 2, hurts a little more, Face 3, hurts even more, Face 4, hurts a whole lot, Face 5, hurts as much as you can imagine, although you do not have to be crying to fell this bad) for patient more than seven years. Results The ice cream intake is significantly associated with having no pain (p-value 0.014). In univariate regression, compared to preschool, school-aged children have significant effect with the ice cream intake postoperatively (OR = 0.286, p-value 0.039) while sex and instrument used to assess pain score were having no significant effect with the ice cream intake postoperatively. Conclusion Further research is needed in order to validate the effectivity of ice cream intakes after tonsillectomy in our region. Cureus 2020-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7417068/ /pubmed/32789040 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9092 Text en Copyright © 2020, Albeladi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_fullStr The Effect of Ice Cream Intake on Pain Relief for Patients After Tonsillectomy
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title_short The Effect of Ice Cream Intake on Pain Relief for Patients After Tonsillectomy
title_sort effect of ice cream intake on pain relief for patients after tonsillectomy
topic Otolaryngology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7417068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32789040
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9092
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