Audit of postoperative pain management after open thoracotomy and the incidence of chronic postthoracotomy pain in more than 500 patients at a tertiary center

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 36, Issue , 2017, Pages 174-177

  Niraj, G ^a   Kelkar, A ^a   Kaushik, Vipul ^a   Tang, Yee ^a   Fleet, Danny ^a   Tait, Frances ^a   Mcmillan, Theresa ^a   Rathinam, Sridhar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic postthoracotomy pain; Epidural analgesia; Postoperative pain management

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC POSTTHORACOTOMY PAIN; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOTOMY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CLINICAL AUDIT; EPIDURAL ANALGESIA; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 85002396987     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: 18734529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2016.10.011     Document Type: Article

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