• M A Navarro García, M I Irigoyen Aristorena, V De Carlos Alegre, A Martínez Oroz, A Elizondo Sotro, S Indurain Fernández, M R Sorbet Amóstegui, A Martorell Gurucharri, P Prieto Guembe, E Ordoñez Ortigosa, and Y García Aizpún.
• Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos centro A, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. ma.navarro.garcia@navarra.es
• Enferm Intensiva. 2011 Oct 1;22(4):150-9.

IntroductionPain is one of the main symptoms reported by patients who have had heart surgery.ObjectivesTo describe the pain and explain the possible association among demographics, psychological and biological variables of the patients subjected to heart surgery with pain intensity during the postoperative in the ICU.Patients And MethodA descriptive, longitudinal study conducted between February 2008 and January 2009 on patients subjected to heart surgery with admission to the ICU of the Hospital of Navarra was conducted. A preoperatory interview was made with registration of sociodemographic, biological and psychological variables. Pain intensity was monitored during the first 48 hours of ICU stay with the Verbal Numeric Scale (VNS) of pain. Accepted level of significance was p<0.05.ResultsA sample of 69 patients with mean age of 62, 26% women and 74% men was included. A superior statistical association was found between postoperative pain levels for age<65 years, bypass grafting with internal mammary artery and preoperatory anxiety variables. There was a significant increase in analgesic consumption for incomes>1400 €/month, bypass grafting with internal mammary artery and preoperatory anxiety.ConclusionsPostoperative pain after heart surgery show significant individual variability. In our study, age, bypass grafting with internal mammary artery and preoperatory anxiety were shown as predictive variables of postoperative pain in patients undergoing heart surgery.Copyright © 2010 Elsevier España, S.L. y SEEIUC. All rights reserved.

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