Population
250 consecutive postoperative general surgical patients and 150 consecutive patients with detached retina…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
first postoperative week
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Postoperative supportive drug use may reflect anxiety as well as pain; leaves open its value as a symptom differentiator without prospective validation.
Postoperative supportive drug use is driven by both pain and anxiety, making it a poor differentiator between the two symptoms.
Drew et al. (1968) studied this question.
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