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. 2019 Apr 24;27(2):173-177.
doi: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2019.17517. eCollection 2019 Apr.

The relationship between chest pain intensity and physiological indicators after coronary artery bypass grafting: A correlational study

Ali Fakhr-Movahedi  1 , Afsaneh Zarei  2 , Abbasali Ebrahimian  1
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The relationship between chest pain intensity and physiological indicators after coronary artery bypass grafting: A correlational study

Ali Fakhr-Movahedi et al. Turk Gogus Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Derg. .

Abstract

Background: This study aims to evaluate the relationship between chest pain intensity and physiological indicators in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.

Methods: In this correlational study, chest pain intensity and physiological responses of a total of 126 coronary artery bypass grafting patients (104 males, 22 females; mean age 62.3±8.5 years; range, 45 to 80 years) during respiratory exercise were evaluated in a referral hospital setting between December 2016 and March 2018. On the second day after surgery, pain intensity was measured by a numerical rating scale. Physiological indicators were collected using the Nihon Kohden (MU65) monitoring device.

Results: The mean pain intensity score was 7.8±1.9 (range, 1 to 10). There was no significant correlation between the pain intensity and physiological indicators (p>0.05). There was a negative correlation between the pain intensity and age of the patient (r=- 0.183 and p=0.04). Pain intensity was not significantly different between male and female gender (p=0.064).

Conclusion: Our study results show no significant relationship between the chest pain intensity and physiological responses in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.

Keywords: Chest pain intensity; coronary artery bypass grafting; physiological indicator.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article.

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