High-frequency, high-intensity transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation as treatment of pain after surgical abortion

Pain

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 114-119

  Platon, B ^a   Andrell P ^a   Raner, C ^a   Rudolph, M ^a   Dvoretsky, A ^a   Mannheimer, C ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Opioids; Pain; Surgical abortion; TENS; Women

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; FENTANYL; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; OXYTOCIN; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SURGICAL ABORTION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; BIOPHYSICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72149095446     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.10.023     Document Type: Article

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