Abbreviations

List of abbreviations

ASA	American Association of Anesthesiologists
ANOVA	Analysis of variance
BPI	Brief Pain Inventory
CPTP	Chronic post-thoracotomy pain
CeT	Effect compartment concentration
EA	Epidural anaesthesia
FEF	Forced expiratory flow
FEFR	Forced expiratory flow rate
FEV₁	Forced expiratory volume in 1 sec
FVC	Forced vital capacity
GoR	Grade of recommendation
HR	Heart rate
h	Hour(s)
IQR	Interquartile range
IM	Intramuscular
Intraop	Intraoperative
IT	Intrathecal
ITO	Intrathecal opioid
IV	Intravenous
iPCA	Intravenous patient controlled analgesia
LoE	Level of evidence
LA	Local anaesthetic
LVRS	Lung volume reduction surgery
MAP	Mean arterial pressure
MEFR	Mid-expiratory flow rate
NSAIDs	Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
NRS	Numerical rating scale
PaCO₂	Partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide
PaO₂	Partial pressure of arterial oxygen
PSS	Patient satisfaction score
PCA	Patient-controlled analgesia
PCEA	Patient-controlled epidural analgesia
PEF	Peak expiratory flow
PEFR	Peak expiratory flow rate
PF	Peak flow
PFR	Peak flow rate
PO	Peroral
PACU	Post-anaesthesia care unit
Postop	Post-operative
POD	Postoperative day
PONV	Postoperative nausea and vomiting
POW	Postoperative week
Preop	Preoperatively
PRN	Pro re nata (as needed)
RR	Respiration rate
SpA	Spinal anaesthesia
SEM	Standard error of mean
SMD	Standardised mean difference
SC	Subcutaneous
TCI	Target-controlled infusion
TEA	Thoracic epidural analgesia.
VAS	Visual analogue scale
VC	Vital capacity
wk	Weeks
yrs	Year(s)