Applicability of tools to assess pain in elderly patients after cardiac surgery

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 267-273

  Pesonen, A ^a   Suojaranta Ylinen, R ^a   Tarkkila, P ^a   Rosenberg, P H ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Elderly; Pain measurement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; EXHAUSTION; FACIAL PAIN SCALE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ANESTHESIA; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED WEDGE SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERBAL RATING SCALE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FACE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REST; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 38149093991     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01480.x     Document Type: Article

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