Comparison of pain, cortisol levels, and psychological distress in women undergoing surgical termination of pregnancy under local anaesthesia versus intravenous sedation

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Suliman, Sharain ^a   Ericksen, Todd ^a   Labuschgne, Peter ^b   de Wit, Renee ^a   Stein, Dan J ^a   Seedat, Soraya ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Marie Stopes Clinic   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; DIAZEPAM; HYDROCORTISONE; INDOMETACIN; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; MISOPROSTOL; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; SEDATION; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; INDUCED ABORTION; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANXIETY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; PAIN; PREGNANCY; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34347369089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-7-24     Document Type: Article

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