Population
20 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May reflect expectations and addiction fears in CABG pain reports; leaves open optimal strategies pending prospective data.
CABG patients' satisfaction with pain relief despite moderate-to-severe pain highlights the complex role of patient expectations, fears of addiction, and medication side effects in postoperative pain management.
Kuperberg et al. (1997) studied this question.
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