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초록

영어

Controlling pain in patients with fractured ribs is essential for preventing secondary complications. Conventional medications that are adminis-tered orally or by using injections are sufficient for the treatment of most patients. However, additional aggressive pain control measures are needed for patients whose pain cannot be controlled effectively as well as for those in whom complications or a transition to chronic pain needs to be prevented. In this study, we retrospectively analyzed the medical records of patients in our hospital to identify the efficacy and characteristics of intercostal nerve block (ICNB), as a pain control method for rib fractures. Although ICNB, compared to conventional methods, showed dramatic pain reduction immediately after the proce-dure, the pain control effects decreased over time. These findings sug-gest that the use of additional pain control methods (e.g. intravenous patient-controlled analgesia and/or a fentanyl patch) is recommended for patients in who the pain level increases as the ICNB efficacy de-creases.

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Abstract
 INTRODUCTION
 MATERIALS AND METHODS
  Subjects
  Measurement and data index
 RESULTS
  Patients’ general characteristics
  Results of treatments
 DISCUSSION
 CONFLICT OF INTEREST
 REFERENCES

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저자

• Eun Gu Hwang [ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul Paik Hospital, Inje University, Seoul, Korea ]
• Yunjung Lee [ Department of Computer Science and Statistics, Jeju National University, Jeju, Korea ] Corresponding author

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간행물

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• 간행물명

  JER [Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation]

• 간기

  격월간

• pISSN

  2288-176X

• eISSN

  2288-1778

• 수록기간

  2013~2026

• 등재여부

  SCOPUS,KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 517 DDC 613