Trajectories of Pain After Cardiac Surgery: Implications for Measurement, Reporting, and Individualized Treatment
Mori M, Brooks C, Dhruva SS, Lu Y, Spatz ES, Dey P, Zhang Y, Chaudhry SI, Geirsson A, Allore HG, Krumholz HM. Trajectories of Pain After Cardiac Surgery: Implications for Measurement, Reporting, and Individualized Treatment. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2021, 14: e007781. PMID: 34304586, PMCID: PMC8366534, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.120.007781.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPain trajectoriesPain levelsCardiac surgeryHigher painPostoperative painMean pain levelTertiary care centerPostoperative pain experienceTrajectories of painPostoperative day 10Lower median ageGroup-based trajectory modelsModerate decliningHospital stayPain valuesMedian ageStudy cohortMedian lengthCare centerIndividual-level trajectoriesIndividualized treatmentTrajectory classesPainPain experiencePatient experience