Postoperative Pain Assessment Indices Based on Photoplethysmography Waveform Analysis

The purpose of this study was to derive parameters that might reflect postoperative pain from photoplethysmography (PPG) and verify the derived parameters in postoperative pain assessment. We obtained preoperative and postoperative PPG and 100-mm visual analog scale (VAS) from 65 surgical patients a...

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Main Authors: Yoon La Yang, Hyeon Seok Seok, Gyu-Jeong Noh, Byung-Moon Choi, Hangsik Shin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2018.01199/full