• Sonia B Felix Ribeiro, João Carlos Pizani Pinto, João Batista Ribeiro, Márcia M Santos Felix, Sabrina Martins Barroso, Lucas Felix de Oliveira, Andreza A Felix, Valdênia das Graças Nascimento, Matheus F Felix Ribeiro, and Fátima A Emm Faleiros Sousa.
• Department of Internal Medicine, Pain Clinic, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Brazil. ribeirofelix@terra.com.br
• Rev Bras Anestesiol. 2012 Sep 1; 62 (5): 599-611.

Background And ObjectivesThis is an exploratory, descriptive and transversal study aiming to determine the prevalence, characterization, location, and measurement and discuss pharmacological analgesic measures for acute pain management in five inpatient wards of a university hospital.MethodWe enrolled 856 subjects in the study, of whom 272 were in pain at the time. Information related to pain was obtained using a bedside structured interview. Numeric pain scale and body diagram were used.ResultsAnalgesia was assessed through medical records. The overall prevalence of pain was 31.8%, with severe pain in 44.2% and mean of 6.6 on numeric pain scale. The main reason was trauma and the most common site the abdomen. The most widely used analgesic was dipyrone (76.1%) with/without combination. Strong opioid was prescribed to 4.4%. For 27.5% there was no improvement.ConclusionWe conclude that pain is highly prevalent, poorly evaluated, undertreated, with inappropriate use of analgesics.Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved.

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