Effect of TENS on pain, medications, and pulmonary function following coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Chest

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 1343-1348

  Forster, E L ^a   Kramer, J F ^a   Lucy, S D ^a   Scudds, R A ^a   Novick, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

coronary surgery; pain; pulmonary function; TENS

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; COUGHING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0028046126     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.106.5.1343     Document Type: Article

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