Acute pain after thoracic surgery predicts long-term post-thoracotomy pain

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-55

  Katz, Joel ^a,b,c   Jackson, Marla ^a   Kavanagh, Brian P ^a,b   Sandler, Alan N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Long term pain; McGill Pain Questionnaire; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0029929541     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-199603000-00009     Document Type: Article

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