Determination of moderate-to-severe postoperative pain on the numeric rating scale: a cut-off point analysis applying four different methods
British Journal of AnaesthesiaPublished 4 July 2011Open access
H. U. Gerbershagen, J Rothaug, Cor J. Kalkman, Winfried Meißner
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Patients undergoing general, trauma, or oral and maxillofacial surgery were studied and a treatment threshold of average pain of NRS≥4 was considered to identify patients with pain of moderate-to-severe intensity.
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Three of the four methods identified a treatment threshold of average pain of NRS≥4. This was considered to identify patients with pain of moderate-to-severe intensity. This cut-off was indentified as the tolerable pain threshold.
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