The association of gender and body mass index with postoperative pain scores when undergoing ankle fracture surgery
Background: Intraoperative administration of opiates for postoperative analgesia requires a dosing strategy without clear indicators of pain in an anesthetized patient. Preoperative patient characteristics such as body mass index (BMI), gender, age, and other patient characteristics may provide impo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2014-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology |
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Online Access: | http://www.joacp.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9185;year=2014;volume=30;issue=2;spage=248;epage=252;aulast=Grodofsky |