Abstract
Pain is one of the sequelae of acute injury and may participate in the release and maintenance of the surgical stress response. Furthermore, pain-induced reflex responses may adversely influence respiratory function, increase cardiac demands, decrease intestinal motility and initiate skeletal muscle spasm. Therefore, there is a common belief that alleviation of acute pain may also reduce the surgical stress response and improve outcome.
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Kehlet, H. (1994). Effect of Postoperative Pain on Surgical Stress Response. In: Stanley, T.H., Ashburn, M.A. (eds) Anesthesiology and Pain Management. Developments in Critical Care Medicine and Anesthesiology, vol 29. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0816-4_6
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