Post-surgical chronic pain and quality of life in children operated for congenital heart disease.

Megumi MatsudaHitomi TakemuraAyahiro YamashitaYutaka MatsuokaTeiji SawaFumimasa Amaya

Published in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2019)

Pain was present in 17% of the patients who underwent cardiac surgery during childhood. Presence of pain had a negative impact on long-term health-related quality of life after pediatric cardiac surgery.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
cardiac surgery
congenital heart disease
pain management
acute kidney injury
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
young adults
peritoneal dialysis
spinal cord injury
spinal cord
early life
patient reported
childhood cancer