Efficiency of Calatonia on clinical parameters in the immediate post-surgery period: a clinical study

Abstract

Objective: to assess the efficiency of the Calatonia technique about clinical parameters and pain in the immediate post-surgical phase. Method: a randomised study was carried out with 116 patients subjected to a cholecystectomy, by laparoscopy, divided into an experimental group (58 patients) and a placebo group (58 patients). The experimental group received the Calatonia technique, while the placebo was only subjected to non-intentional touches. Results:The placebo group and the experimental group were considered homogeneous in terms of the variables: sex, age, physical status classification, duration of surgical procedures and also the time spent recovering in the Post-Anaesthetic Recovery Room. The only variable to show a statistically significant difference was the axillary temperature of the body. In relation to pain, the experimental group showed significant results, and hence it is possible to deduce that the relaxation caused by the Calatonia technique brought some relief of the general situation of pain.Conclusion: The application of Calatonia can take up the function of a resource complementary to assistance in the period immediately after surgery. Brazilian Register of Clinical Trials, UTN

Nonpharmacologic Pain Management for Patients in Ambulatory Extended Recovery After Minimally Invasive Gynecologic and Urologic Surgery

“…Note. Based on information from Rycroft-Malone, 2004. patients undergoing abdominal laparoscopic surgery: practicing relaxation therapy with guided imagery, listening to music or simply decreasing noise, employing massage and touch therapy, ambulating, and using hot packs for shoulder tip pain (Broadbent et al, 2012;Çankaya & Saritaş, 2018;Ikonomidou et al, 2004;Koraş & Karabulut, 2019;Lasaponari et al, 2013;Laurion & Fetzer, 2003;Mohamed & Abd Elhady, 2019;Rafer et al, 2015). To determine best practices for nonpharmacologic pain management in this AXR population, the following three prongs of evidence-based practice were considered: (a) literature review, (b) patient and caregiver experience and values, and (c) clinician expertise.…”