The prevalence of postoperative pain in a sample of 1490 surgical inpatients

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 267-274

  Sommer, M ^a   De Rijke, J M ^a   Van Kleef, M ^a   Kessels, A G H ^a   Peters, M L ^a   Geurts, J W J M ^a   Gramke, H F ^a   Marcus, M A E ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Outcome assessment; Pain acute and postoperative; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PIRITRAMIDE; SUFENTANIL;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40549116369     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021507003031     Document Type: Article

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