Perioperative pain

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 556-561

  Lavand'homme, Patricia ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chronic postsurgical pain; Hyperalgesia; Perioperative pain; Quantitative sensory testing

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERALGESIC AGENT; ANTINOCICEPTIVE AGENT; CLONIDINE; GABAPENTIN; KETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORADRENALIN TRANSPORTER INHIBITOR; PREGABALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE MODEL; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INCISIONAL PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDUAL PAIN; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY EVALUATION; SKIN INCISION;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 33748657162     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aco.0000245284.53152.1f     Document Type: Review

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