Validation of simple and inexpensive algometry using sphygmomanometer cuff and neuromuscular junction monitor with standardized laboratory algometer

• Main Authors: Padmaja Durga (Author), Sreedhar Reddy Wudaru (Author), Sunil Kumar Reddy Khambam (Author), Shobha Jagadish Chandra (Author), Gopinath Ramachandran (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and Aims: The availability, ergonomics and economics prohibit the routine use of algometers in clinical practice and research by the anesthesiologists. A simple bedside technique of quantitative pain measurement would enable the routine use of algometry. We proposed to validate simple pai...