title: Reply: allostatic load as an approach to support the theoretical assumptions of the Brief Measure of Emotional Preoperative Stress (B-MEPS).
authors.affiliation: Post-Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.|Laboratory of Pain and Neuromodulation at UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil.|Pain and Palliative Care Service at Hospital de Cl쭩cas de Porto Alegre (HCPA).|Pain and Anesthesia in Surgery Department, School of Medicine, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Caumo
authors.affiliation: Post-Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.|Laboratory of Pain and Neuromodulation at UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Segabinazi
authors.affiliation: Post-Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.|Pain and Anesthesia in Surgery Department, School of Medicine, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: L P C
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Stefani
mesh_terms: D052636:Allostasis; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain; D013315:Stress, Psychological