Patients' experiences of patient-controlled analgesia

Anaesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 525-528

  Taylor, N M ^a   Hall, G M ^b   Salmon, P ^c  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia, patient controlled; Psychological responses, control

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE; PROCHLORPERAZINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NAUSEA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VOMITING;

EID: 0029946290     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb12556.x     Document Type: Article

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