Prevalence and Influence of Gender, Age, and Type of Surgery on Postoperative Pain

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Authors

Tânia Cursino de Menezes Couceiro · Centro Universitário Barão de Mauá

Marcelo Moraes Valênça · Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Luciana Cavalcanti Lima · Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia

Telma Cursino de Menezes · Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira

Maria Cristina Falcão Raposo · Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics

Abstract

This study demonstrated that an elevated number of patients experience pain in the first 24 hours after the surgery. The incidence of pain was higher in patients undergoing general surgery.

Topics & Keywords

Anesthesia and Pain Management Pain Management and Opioid Use Pediatric Pain Management Techniques

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology

Volume 59, Issue 3, pp. 314-320

DOI: 10.1590/s0034-70942009000300006

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