Changing the practice of pain management

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 764-772

  Rose, D Keith ^a   Cohen, Marsha M ^b,c   Yee, Doreen A ^c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 0030993046     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199704000-00012     Document Type: Article

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