Pain can increase hospital stays, study finds

Published December 22, 2006 5:00am ET



Patients who experienced the highest postoperative pain levels also had the longest hospital stays, according to a study by Johns Hopkins School of Nursing faculty member Fannie Gaston-Johansson, Ph.D, RN.

Working with researchers at Goteborg University, Sweden, Gaston-Johansson recently published two articles in BMC Nursing focusing on better understanding and managing pain.

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