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Japar, Salimah and Soh, Kim Lam and Soh, Kim Geok and Abdul Raman, Rosna
(2015)
The influence of culture on analgesic consumption: a retrospective study among Malaysian patients after breast cancer surgery.
Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 3.
pp. 12-17.
ISSN 2327-5081; ESSN: 2327-509X
Abstract
This study was carried out to determine the relationship between ethnicity/culture and analgesic consumption among patients from three main ethnic groups in Malaysia after breast cancer surgery. A retrospective study design was adopted, using medical records of 80 patients. The findings showed that the analgesic most consumed by the patients during the 48 hour post-operative period was morphine equivalents (85%), followed by non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (60%) and paracetamol (38%). No relationship was found between ethnicity/culture and the type or amount of analgesic consumption.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Educational Studies Faculty of Medicine and Health Science |
| DOI Number: | https://doi.org/10.4236/jbm.2015.33003 |
| Publisher: | Scientific Research Publishing |
| Keywords: | Analgesic consumption; Breast cancer surgery; Culture; Ethnicity; Malaysia |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Nida Hidayati Ghazali |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Feb 2018 05:05 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Feb 2018 05:05 |
| Altmetrics: | http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.4236/jbm.2015.33003 |
| URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46630 |
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