British journal of anaesthesia
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Observational Study
Predicting acute postoperative pain by the Qnox score at the end of surgery: a prospective observational study.
The QNox score (Quantium Medical S.L., distributed by Fresenius Kabi) has recently been introduced as a tool to quantify intraoperative analgesia. Being based on the analysis of electroencephalographic data, QNox is distinctly different to other methods of nociception monitoring that rely almost entirely on the assessment of sympathetic activity. However, there are currently no published data to validate use of QNox in a clinical setting. We investigated the value of pre-arousal QNox data at the end of surgery for prediction of acute postoperative pain in the PACU. ⋯ ACTRN12618001662257.
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Editorial Comment
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