Chronic pain after caesarean delivery: An Australian cohort

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 496-500

  Liu, T T ^a   Raju, A ^a   Boesel, T ^a   Cyna, A M ^a   Tan, S G M ^a  

^a NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caesarean delivery; Chronic pain; Postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TELEPHONE; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CAESAREAN DELIVERY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; SURGICAL INFECTION;

CAESAREAN DELIVERY; CHRONIC PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AFFECT; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881223586     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1304100410     Document Type: Review

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