Postoperative pain and quality of recovery

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 455-460

  Wu, Christopher L ^a   Richman, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient satisfaction; Postoperative pain; Quality of life; Quality of recovery

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONVALESCENCE; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; OPIOID INDUCED EMESIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SORE THROAT; TECHNIQUE; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 4944239346     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200410000-00017     Document Type: Review

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