Incidence and Prognosis of Persistent Pain Induced by Venipuncture for Blood Sampling: An Observational Study over a 5-Year Period

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1627-1630

  Kato, Jitsu ^a   Araki, Hideo ^a   Kimura, Masahiro ^a   Takahashi, Katsuyuki ^a   Ueda, Kaname ^a   Iida, Ryoji ^a   Nakayama, Tomohiro ^a,b   Ogawa, Setsuro ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neuralgia; Neuropathic Pain; Persistent Pain; Primary Care; Venipuncture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARESTHESIA; PROGNOSIS; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 84871400069     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01490.x     Document Type: Article

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