Clinical application of the World Health Organization analgesic ladder

Journal of Intravenous Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 118-124

  Dalton, Jo Ann ^a   Youngblood, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPHENOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; FENAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXICAM DERIVATIVE; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANALGESIA; CANCER PAIN; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0034059458     PISSN: 08965846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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