The assessment of postoperative pain by monitoring skin conductance: Results of a prospective study

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 989-993

  Ledowski, Thomas ^a,b   Bromilow, J ^a   Wu, J ^b   Paech, M J ^a   Storm, H ^d   Schug, S A ^c  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; ONDANSETRON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINOR;

EID: 34548622409     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05191.x     Document Type: Article

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