Control of acute postoperative pain by transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation after open cardiac operations: A randomized placebo-controlled prospective study

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 269-272

  Emmiler, Mustafa ^a,b   Solak, Özlem ^a   Kocogullari, Cevdet ^a   Dundar, Umit ^a   Ayva, Ercument ^a   Ela, Yuksel ^a   Cekirdekci, Ahmet ^a   Kavuncu, Vural ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRONE; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HEART SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBO EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PLACEBO EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55849103567     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20081083     Document Type: Article

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