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August 13, 2009Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Chronic pain after cardiac surgery: a prospective study

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Population

n=534 patients undergoing cardiac surgery, including 413 males.

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

12 months

Authors

KGKari Hanne GjeiloNorwegian University of Science and TechnologyPKPål KlepstadApple (Israel)AWAlexander WahbaRegensburg University of Applied Sciences

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Implication

May prompt age-specific pain surveillance after cardiac surgery; leaves open efficacy of preventive interventions in prospective trials.

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Population
n=534 patients undergoing cardiac surgery, including 413 males.
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Outcome
Chronic pain measured by the Brief Pain Inventory and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measured by the Short-Form 36 (SF-36) at 6 and 12 months after cardiac surgerypatient reported

Chronic pain affects approximately 11% of patients after cardiac surgery and is associated with younger age and reduced health-related quality of life.

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Gjeilo et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7a8e6114b028facf0e6cf2https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.02097.x
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