A two-year experience of an acute pain service in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 209-213

  Wong, L T ^a   Koh, L H ^a   Kaur, K ^a   Boey, S K ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acute pain service; Pain; Post operative analgesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRURITUS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0030849378     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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