A review of the literature on multiple factors involved in postoperative pain course and duration

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 42-52

  de Leon Casasola, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Duration of pain; Extended release opioids; Immediate release opioids; Postoperative pain; Trajectory of pain

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CELECOXIB; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DICLOFENAC; GABAPENTIN; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PREGABALIN; ROFECOXIB;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CATASTROPHIZING; CHRONIC PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DRUG MISUSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LIMB AMPUTATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; PAIN INTENSITY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREVALENCE; STRESS; THORACOTOMY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; DISEASE COURSE; NEURALGIA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; TIME;

ACUTE PAIN; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; NEURALGIA; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84907952490     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: 19419260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2014.07.2782     Document Type: Article

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