Association of menstrual cycle and postoperative quality of recovery in premenopausal women: a prospective cohort study

Background: Women have poorer quality of postoperative recovery from general anaesthesia than men. This persists for at least 3 days postoperatively, and is more pronounced in premenopausal women. Studies of menstrual cycle effects on pain or postoperative nausea and vomiting report conflicting resu...

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Main Authors: Nicole L.T. Tan, Sze Wey Lee, Sophie Zaloumis, Karen E. Lamb, Dianne Dawson, Helena J. Teede, Paul S. Myles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:BJA Open
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772609622001010