Trigger points for pain in patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome

• Main Authors: Dayanna Machado Lemos, Cátia Simoni Siqueira Teixeira, Carisi Anne Polanczyk, Eneida Rejane Rabelo
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2012-12-01
• Series: Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
• Subjects: enfermagem; síndrome coronariana aguda; sintomas; dor
• Online Access: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/reufsm/article/view/5106

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