A Systematic Review of Postoperative Pain Outcome Measurements Utilised in Regional Anesthesia Randomized Controlled Trials.

E SultanT SettyBrendan Carvalho Pervez Sultan

Published in: Anesthesiology research and practice (2018)

Analysis of the articles demonstrated heterogeneity and inconsistency in choice of pain outcome and time of measurement within regional anesthesia studies. Identification of these pain outcomes utilised can help to create a definitive list of core outcomes, which may guide future researchers when designing such studies.

Keyphrases

postoperative pain
chronic pain
randomized controlled trial
pain management
neuropathic pain
case control
squamous cell carcinoma
systematic review
clinical trial
spinal cord injury
metabolic syndrome