About this trial
The study will be designed to investigate the impact of the preoperative anxiety level on postoperative opioid requirement during the PACU stay, in order to improve postoperative pain treatment in the long term after ENT surgery.
The present study can contribute to improve postoperative pain management in patients in the field of ENT surgery, as new influencing parameters and risk factors may be discovered.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) physical status I-IV
able to read and understand the information sheet and to sign the consent form
being scheduled for elective ENT surgery under general anesthesia
written informed consent
Disqualifiers
difficulty to understand study procedure, pain scoring system or questionnaires
surgical procedure warranting elective postoperative ventilation
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Anxiety level assessment