The relationship between the visual analog pain intensity and pain relief scale changes during analgesic drug studies in chronic pain patients

Anesthesiology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-41

  Angst, Martin S ^a   Brose, William G ^b   Dyck, John B ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Analgesics; Clinical trials; Human; Pain measurement

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; HYDROMORPHONE; METHADONE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROMORPHONE; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033021583     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199907000-00009     Document Type: Article

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