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Papers: 11 May 2019 - 17 May 2019


2019 Jun


Pain Manag Nurs


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The Influence of Race, Ethnicity and Genetic Variants on Postoperative Pain Intensity: An Integrative Literature Review.

Authors

Perry M, Baumbauer K, Young EE, Dorsey SG, Taylor JY, Starkweather AR
Pain Manag Nurs. 2019 Jun; 20(3):198-206.
PMID: 31080143.

Abstract

Chronic postsurgical pain is pain that develops and persists for at least 3 months after a surgical procedure. The purpose of this review was to discover what evidence exists regarding the influence of race and ethnicity on postoperative pain intensity and what evidence exists regarding the influence of genetic polymorphisms on postoperative pain intensity.