Predicting Persistent Pain After Surgery: Can Predicting the Weather Serve as an Example?

Anesth Analg. 2018 Nov;127(5):1264-1267. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000003318.

Authors

Noud van Helmond¹, Søren S Olesen², Oliver H Wilder-Smith^{1

3}, Asbjørn M Drewes², Monique A Steegers¹, Kris C Vissers¹

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
² Mech-Sense, Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
³ Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI), Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.

PMID: 29505448
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000003318

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Algorithms*
Chronic Pain / diagnosis
Chronic Pain / etiology*
Chronic Pain / prevention & control
Decision Support Techniques
Humans
Models, Statistical
Pain Measurement
Pain, Postoperative / diagnosis
Pain, Postoperative / etiology*
Pain, Postoperative / prevention & control
Predictive Value of Tests
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Surgical Procedures, Operative / adverse effects*
Surgical Procedures, Operative / statistics & numerical data
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
Weather*