Comparing the DN4 tool with the IASP grading system for chronic neuropathic pain screening after breast tumor resection with and without paravertebral blocks: A prospective 6-month validation study

Pain

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 740-749

  Abdallah, Faraj W ^a,b,c,d   Morgan, Pamela J ^a,d   Cil, Tulin ^e   Escallon, Jaime M ^e   Semple, John L ^e   Chan, Vincent W ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer surgery; Breast tumor resection; Chronic neuropathic pain; Chronic nonneuropathic pain; Chronic pain; DN4; Grading System; Paravertebral block; Persistent postsurgical pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; SPINAL CORD; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; PROPOFOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROPOFOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84952362025     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000108     Document Type: Article

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