Pain assessment and factors influencing pain during bone marrow aspiration: A prospective study.

Although bone marrow aspiration (BMA) is still considered a painful procedure, pain level remains poorly documented. We therefore conducted a prospective study intended to evaluate pain level in adult patients undergoing BMA at the sternal or iliac crest site to identify factors associated with pain...

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Main Authors: Nicolas Gendron, Sara Zia Chahabi, Géraldine Poenou, Nadia Rivet, Tiphaine Belleville-Rolland, Pierre Lemaire, Antoine Escuret, Michèle Ciaudo, Emmanuel Curis, Pascale Gaussem, Virginie Siguret, Luc Darnige
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221534