Patients' vs nurses' assessments of postoperative pain and anxiety during patient- or nurse-controlled analgesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 374-378

  Rundshagen, I ^a   Schnabel, K ^b   Standl, T ^a   Schulte Am Esch, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analgesia, nurse controlled; Analgesia, patient controlled; Complications, anxiety; Pain, postoperative

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PIRITRAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0033034171     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/82.3.374     Document Type: Article

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