An audit of patient perception compared with medical and nursing staff estimation of pain during burn dressing changes

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-45

  Rae, C P ^a   Gallagher, G ^a   Watson, S ^a   Kinsella, J ^a,b  

^a NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Audit; Burns; Pain

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; COCODAMOL; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE PLUS PARACETAMOL; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN DRESSING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASPIRIN; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BANDAGES; BURN UNITS; BURNS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROPOXYPHENE; TRAMADOL;

EID: 0034025752     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2346.2000.00600.x     Document Type: Article

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