Postoperative pain and respiratory function in patients treated with electroacupuncture following coronary surgery

Neurosciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-10

  Colak, Mehmet C ^a   Kavakli, Ahmet ^a   Kilinç, Abdulgani ^a   Rahman, Ali ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRONE; PETHIDINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; STERNOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIPYRONE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEPERIDINE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STERNOTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76749118209     PISSN: 13196138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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