Trigger points for pain in patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome

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https://doi.org/10.5902/217976925106

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Nursing, Acute coronary syndrome, Symptoms, Pain

Abstract

Objective: To identify the trigger points for pain in patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) admitted to two hospitals in southern Brazil and to verify the recognition frequency of pain as a cardiac event. Methods: Cross sectional study using secondary database and a 105 patients sample. Results: From the sample, 47 (45%) patients had symptoms at rest; 20 (19%) woke up in pain; 19 (18%) did practice physical exercises; 10 (9.5%) were under stress situations; and 9 (9%) were performing another activity. None of the patients reported sexual activity as a trigger for pain; 67 (64%) related the symptoms to the cardiac event. Conclusion: Pain in patients with ACS occurred in patients at rest. Although the sample reported pain as a cardiac event, there is still a lack of nursing assistance related to health education aimed at early arrivals to the emergency services

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Dayanna Machado Lemos, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, porto Alegre, RS

Enfermeira Assistencial do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

Cátia Simoni Siqueira Teixeira, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, RS

Enfermeira Supervisora Assistencial do Centro de Cardiologia do HMV. Mestre em Ciências Cardiovasculares UFRGS, Especialista em Assistência de Enfermagem em Terapia Intensiva- UFRGS

Carisi Anne Polanczyk, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS

Médica chefe do Centro de Pesquisa Clínica e da Unidade de Cuidados Coronarianos do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. Professor adjunto da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

Eneida Rejane Rabelo, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS

Enfermeira coordenadora da Clínica de Insuficiência Cardíaca do HCPA, Professora Adjunta da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade UFRGS, Doutora em Ciências Biológicas: Fisiologia

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Published

2012-12-27

How to Cite

Lemos, D. M., Teixeira, C. S. S., Polanczyk, C. A., & Rabelo, E. R. (2012). Trigger points for pain in patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome. Revista De Enfermagem Da UFSM, 2(3), 480–486. https://doi.org/10.5902/217976925106

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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2012)

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