The association of gender and body mass index with postoperative pain scores when undergoing ankle fracture surgery

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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Main Authors: Samuel Robert Grodofsky, Ashish C Sinha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology
Subjects:
Acute pain
BMI
gender
morphine
Online Access:http://www.joacp.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9185;year=2014;volume=30;issue=2;spage=248;epage=252;aulast=Grodofsky

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