Prospective paired crossover evaluation of potential impact of investigator gender on perceived pain intensity early after acute or scheduled surgery
Abstract Background Postoperative pain is common but often difficult to assess, and there are many potential confounders. Over the last decades, the gender of investigator as well as participant has been found to influence pain perception in both preclinical and clinical studies. However, to our kno...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-04-01
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Series: | Biology of Sex Differences |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-023-00508-9 |