Sex differences in the incidence of severe pain events following surgery: A Review of 333,000 pain scores

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1390-1404

  Tighe, Patrick J ^a   Riley, Joseph L ^b   Fillingim, Roger B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Numeric rating scale; Pain; Severe pain event; Sex; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NUMERIC RATING SCALE SCORE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERE PAIN EVENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGERY; SURGICAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906077836     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12498     Document Type: Article

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