Anesthesia-based pain services improve the quality of postoperative pain management

Pain

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 23-29

  Miaskowski, Christine ^a   Crews, James ^b   Ready, L Brian ^c   Paul, Steven M ^a   Ginsberg, Brian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pain service; Pain team; Patient satisfaction; Postoperative pain; Quality assurance; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN CLINIC; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032995812     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00192-4     Document Type: Article

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