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Evaluation Of Anxiety During Nasal Pack Removal In Patients Operated UnderLocal Versus General Anesthesia
ISSN: 2617 - 9482
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Evaluation Of Anxiety During Nasal Pack Removal In Patients Operated UnderLocal Versus General Anesthesia
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ICC-0702
Publisher: Bahria University Medical And Dental College
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IAA.ZONE/261799009482
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Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the anxiety experienced before, during and after conventional paraffin gauze nasal pack removalin patients operated under local versus general anesthesia.Study design: Comparative study.Place and duration of study: Department of ENT, Combined Military Hospital Sialkot and PAF Hospital Shorkot fromJuly 2017 to June 2018.Material and methods: A total of 120 patients planned for Septoplasty were enrolled and divided into two groups. Sixtypatients were to be operated under local anesthesia (Group A) while the other 60 were undergoing the same procedureunder general anesthesia (Group B). Conventional paraffin gauze nasal packing was done for 24 hours in all 120 patients.Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) was used to determine the patients’ anxiety in both groups, 1 hour pre-operatively,immediately before and 1 hour after nasal pack removal.Results: The mean Hamilton Anxiety Scale assessment scores in both groups w...
