Clinical judgment and management of postoperative pain in critical care patients

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 433-441

  Stannard, Daphne ^a,b   Puntillo, Kathleen ^a   Miaskowski, Christine ^a   Gleeson, Sheila ^b   Kehrle, Karen ^b   Nye, Pamela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; CRITICAL CARE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 0030276739     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc1996.5.6.433     Document Type: Article

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