Geriatric pain management: The anesthesiologist's perspective

Anesthesiology Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 123-141

  Freedman, Gordon M ^a,b   Peruvemba, Ramani ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mount Sinai Pain Management Service   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CAPSAICIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; DESIPRAMINE; FAMCICLOVIR; GABAPENTIN; INSULIN; LAMOTRIGINE; MEXILETINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PHENYTOIN; STEROID; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GERIATRIC CARE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 0034098760     PISSN: 08898537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8537(05)70153-X     Document Type: Article

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