Chronic pain after lung transplantation: A nationwide study

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 217-222

  Wildgaard, Kim ^a,b   Iversen, Martin ^c   Kehlet, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia ^*  (Denmark)

^c Heart Center   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Inflammatory response; Lung transplantation; Neuralgia; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CODEINE; GABAPENTIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 77249095448     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181b705e4     Document Type: Article

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