Trigger points for pain in patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome

• Autor(a) principal: Lemos, Dayanna Machado
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Teixeira, Cátia Simoni Siqueira, Polanczyk, Carisi Anne, Rabelo, Eneida Rejane
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/reufsm/article/view/5106
• topic: Nursing; Acute coronary syndrome; Symptoms; Pain; Enfermería; Síndrome coronaria aguda; Síntomas; Dolor; Enfermagem; Síndrome coronariana aguda; Sintomas; Dor

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