Women suffer more short and long-term pain than men after major thoracotomy

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 491-498

  Ochroch, Edward A ^a,d   Gottschalk, Alan ^b   Troxel, Andrea B ^c   Farrar, John T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d 680 Dulles Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Pain; Postoperative pain; Sex; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THORAX DRAINAGE;

ANALGESICS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748454122     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ajp.0000208246.18251.f2     Document Type: Article

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