A novel metric for reporting acute postoperative pain correlates more closely with patient satisfaction

Br J Anaesth. 2020 Jun;124(6):e228-e229. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.02.011. Epub 2020 Mar 19.

Authors

Kordula Lang-Illievich¹, Mischa Wejbora¹, Istvan S Szilagyi¹, Helmar Bornemann-Cimenti²

Affiliations

¹ Graz, Austria.
² Graz, Austria. Electronic address: helmar.bornemann@medunigraz.at.

PMID: 32199586
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.02.011

No abstract available

Keywords: area under the curve; pain; pain assessment; pain management; pain threshold; postoperative pain.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Acute Pain
Humans
Pain Measurement / methods*
Pain, Postoperative / diagnosis*
Patient Satisfaction / statistics & numerical data*