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Acute postoperative pain can cause adverse effects if not well controlled. It will not only reduce patient satisfaction but can increase morbidity, length of hospital stays and health costs.
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Klesius, L.L., Wilson, E. (2019). Clinical Outcomes to Be Evaluated. In: Abd-Elsayed, A. (eds) Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99124-5_219
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