Control of post-thoracotomy pain by transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation: Effect on serum cytokine levels, visual analogue scale,pulmonary function and medication

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 861-868

  Fiorelli, Alfonso ^a   Morgillo, Floriana ^a   Milione, Roberta ^a   Pace, Maria Caterina ^a   Passavanti, Maria Beatrice ^a   Laperuta, Paolo ^a   Aurilio, Caterina ^a   Santini, Mario ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Cytokine levels; Medication; Pain; Pulmonary function; Thoracotomy; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; PENTAZOCINE; PLACEBO; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CYTOKINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; THORACOTOMY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGED; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VITAL CAPACITY;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYTOKINES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; THORACOTOMY; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84862330745     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezr108     Document Type: Article

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