Prospective assessment of postoperative pain after craniotomy

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 202-206

  Mordhorst, Christine ^a   Latz, Björn ^a   Kerz, Thomas ^b   Wisser, Gregor ^a   Schmidt, Annette ^a   Schneider, Astrid ^c   Jahn Eimermacher, Annette ^c   Werner, Christian ^a   Engelhard, Kristin ^b  

^a Departments of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^b Departments of Neurosurgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

age; corticosteroids; craniotomy; pain; TIVA

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DICLOFENAC; DIPYRONE; PARACETAMOL; PIRITRAMIDE; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; BRAIN; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PIRINITRAMIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954088721     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e3181df0600     Document Type: Article

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