Perioperative Dexamethasone and the Development of Chronic Postmastectomy Pain: A Single-Center Observational Cohort Study

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 539-544

  De Oliveira, Gildasio S ^a   Bialek, Jane M ^a   Turan, Alparslan ^b   McCarthy, Robert J ^a   Sessler, Daniel I ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTALGIA; MASTECTOMY; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN SEVERITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRENDS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84940662980     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000301     Document Type: Article

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